2026 Predicted Sample Essays | A Level Psychology (AQA)

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Please note this is for the specification examined in 2026.

39 AQA Psychology sample essays for my 2026 predicted exam questions for Paper 1, 2 AND 3 of the AQA Psychology A Level Specification.

By looking at past papers for the new specification, I have considered which questions have not come up specifically as 8 or 16 mark essay questions on their own and written these as AQA Psychology sample essays. Please note that not all areas of the specification will have a potential 8/16 mark question, as they do not have evaluation.

Of course, there is no real way to predict what AQA will choose for exam questions and so these sample essays are not a guaranteed list of questions. However, it is reasonable to assume they would include some that they have not used before, particularly as the specifications will soon be under review again.

I have written straight forward questions with no application as it is impossible to predict what application stem they could give you in the exam. However, your knowledge will still be the same as it would for generic question without application.

It includes:

Paper 1

Memory : Two 8 mark questions and two 16 mark questions

Social Influence: Three 16 mark questions

Attachment: Three 16 mark questions

Psychopathology: Two 16 mark questions

Paper 2

Approaches: Four 16 mark questions

Biopsychology: One 16 mark and two 8 mark questions

Paper 3:

Issues and debates: One 8 mark essay and one 16 mark essay

Relationships: One 16 mark and one 8 mark essay

Gender: Two 16 mark essays

Cognition and development: Two 16 mark essays

Schizophrenia: Two 16 mark essays

Eating behaviour: Two 16 mark essays

Stress: Two 16 mark essays

Aggression: Two 16 mark essays

Forensic: One 8 mark essay and one 16 mark essay

Addiction: Two 16 mark essays

The essays come in a pdf format.