In a court of law, the job of the prosecuting team is to present evidence to the jury in order to make their own case more convincing whilst, at the same time, ‘picking holes’ in the case for the defence. Meanwhile, the defence team will present conflicting arguments to try to undermine the case for the prosecution.
As an A-level psychology student charged with the task of evaluating theories, studies and/or therapies, your role is to act as both prosecution and defence. When writing essays, you should be able to ‘use evidence effectively’ as a way of supporting, strengthening, contradicting or undermining the theories, explanations or treatments you have been asked about in the question. And, much like the jury, you should be able to assess the quality of the evidence presented and arrive at an overall ‘verdict’ in terms of whether the explanation/theory/treatment/therapy should be accepted as worthwhile and valid.
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