Psychology Essay Structure

Title

State your point
P
Outline your evidence
E
Explain how the evidence supports the EXPLANATION or THEORY.
E
Evaluate your ●​ Researcher bias
E evidence, is it
strong evidence or ●​ Demand characteristics
are there any
problems? ●​ Social desirability

GRENADE ●​ Extraneous variables

●​ Observer effects.

●​ Reliability

●​ Ecological validity

●​ Historical validity

●​ Sampling issues

●​ Correlational

●​ Extrapolation

●​ DO NOT USE ETHICAL ISSUES

LINK BACK to your ●​ This matters because it questions the validity of the support for… (insert
L question (why does
this matter).
question wording here).

●​ This matters because it questions the reliability of the support for (insert
questions wording here).

●​ This matters because (insert theory) may not apply beyond the lab and
to real-life (insert questions wording here).

●​ This matters because (insert theory) may not apply to human behaviour
today (2016) and therefore the theory may be outdated in explaining
(insert questions wording).

●​ This matters because (insert theory) may not apply to other
populations, for example…

●​ This matters because (insert theory) may not explain (insert question) in
humans.