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A Level PsychologyH567/02 Psychological themes through core studies

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SECTION A: Core studies

Answer all the questions in Section A.

1 In Bocchiaro et al.’s study on disobedience and whistleblowing, the majority obeyed in the experimental situation.

Outline one situational factor that led to high levels of obedience in this study.

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2(a) Briefly describe one of the dreams that little Hans had in Freud’s study

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(b) Identify the psychosexual stage that little Hans was going through according to Freud

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(c) Outline how data was collected in Freud’s study ...................................................................................................................................................

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3 Explain how Baron-Cohen’s study on autism in adults is linked to the individual differences

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4 From Grant et al.’s study on context-dependent memory an independent measures design was used.

(a) Describe how Grant et al. used this design in his study.

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(b) Explain one weakness of using an independent measures design for this study.

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5 (a) From the Loftus and Palmers study into eye witness testimony. Identify the independent variable and the dependent variable in experiment 1

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(b) Outline one way the procedure was controlled in this study.

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6 Outline one similarity between Sperry’s study on hemisphere deconnection and Casey’s study on delay of gratification.

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7 (a) In Milgram’s study of obedience: Identify how many participants obeyed up to 450 volts

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(b) Describe one reason why these individuals obeyed up to 450 volts.

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8 In Bocchiaro’s study on disobedience and whistle blowing: outline

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9 Outline how Sperry’s study links to the biological area of psychology.

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10 (a) From Casey et al.’s study on neural correlates of delay of gratification:

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11 (b) From Casey’s study on neural correlates or delay of gratification: outline one way the self—

report method was used in this study

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SECTION B: Areas, perspectives and debates

Answer all the question parts in Section B.

12 (a) Outline the different positions of the situational/Individual debate.

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(b) Outline how one core study supports the view that behaviour is holistic

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(c) Outline how one core study supports the view that behaviour is determined

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(d) Discuss the extent to which objective explanations of behaviour are useful. Use examples from core studies to support your answer [15]

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(e) Compare the psychodynamic approach to the developmental approach

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SECTION C: Practical Applications

Answer all the question parts in Section C.

13 (a) Identify one psychological issue raised by the above article. Support your answer with evidence from the article.

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People who suffer from anorexia use a brain region associated with making decisions about what to eat, an area people without the disorder do not use in making such choices. Brain scans of 21

anorexic women were compared to 21 women without the disorder. The anorexic women chose less high fat foods than the non-anorexic group. The brain region anorexic patients used in making

their decision was the dorsal straitum, an area known to be involved in control of actions

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(b) Briefly outline one piece of psychological research and explain how it could relate to the issue you have identified.

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(c) Explain how one area or perspective could explain anorexia

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(d) Use your psychological knowledge to suggest how the women may overcome their anorexia

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(e) Discuss problems with the suggestion you made in 10(d).

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