Government and Politics 4830 試験対策

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1. 1high影響する配点: 5Source-based analysis

   Ignoring the printed source in the questions that require it, A2 1 Questions 2 and 4 and A2 2 Questions 2 and 3, and answering from memory instead.

   回避方法: Name what the source says before adding your own knowledge, so the reference is visible in the answer itself, not just in your head.
2. 2high影響する配点: 6Comparative Government (Section B)

   Writing an unbalanced comparative essay: detailed paragraphs on the UK system and only surface comments on the chosen counterpart.

   回避方法: Plan the essay as paired points from the start, one UK feature set directly against its US or Irish counterpart, rather than two separate mini-essays.
3. 3high影響する配点: 6Political Power and Political Ideas

   Writing a one-sided theory or ideology essay with no exploration of the competing position.

   回避方法: Set out the opposing theoretical position explicitly and weigh it against your main argument before your concluding sentence.
4. 4medium影響する配点: 3Comparative executive power

   Claiming the UK Prime Minister is simply stronger than the US President, without accounting for party rebellion, cabinet constraints or unified versus divided government.

   回避方法: State the conditions under which each executive is strong or weak instead of giving a fixed ranking between the two systems.
5. 5medium影響する配点: 3Theories of Political Power / Ideologies

   Treating ideologies or theories of power as a single block, rather than distinguishing their internal strands.

   回避方法: Name the strand you mean: Classical Liberalism against Modern Liberalism, or Marxist class-based control against Elite Theory's organisational model.
6. 6medium影響する配点: 5Structured explanation questions

   Giving only one mechanism or reason when a question asks you to identify and explain two.

   回避方法: Number your two points as you write them, so it is obvious to the examiner and to you that both are present.
7. 7medium影響する配点: 2Short definition questions

   Skipping the definition and jumping straight to the example in a 5-mark definitional question.

   回避方法: State the definition in your first sentence, then attach the example as a second, separate sentence.
8. 8low影響する配点: 3Theories of Political Power

   Describing a theory of power without naming the theorist behind it.

   回避方法: Attach a name to the position you are using, Michels or Mosca for elite theory, Dahl for pluralism, rather than describing the theory in the abstract.