AQA AS Psychology Paper 2 (two sets)-£6.

AQA AS-Psychology-7181/2 (New syllabus)
Featuring:
Section A : Approaches in Psychology
Section B : Psychopathology
Section C: Research Methods
This resource provides 2 examination specimen papers which demonstrate in a practical way how to get the best grade you can in your AQA AS exam for Paper 2.
Featuring answers to the following questions:
Section A
Approaches in Psychology
0 1 Briefly suggest how each of these responses might inform psychologists investigating models of human cognitive processing. [2 marks]
0 2 Explain which type of conditioning is being investigated in this experiment? [2 marks]
0 3 Outline what is meant by social learning theory and explain how social learning might have occurred in the procedure described above. [6 marks]
0 4 Discuss two limitations of social learning theory. [6 marks]
Section B
Psychopathology
0 1 Distinguish between obsessions and compulsions. [2 marks]
0 2 With reference to the study described above, what do the results seem to show about possible influences on the development of OCD? [4 marks]
0 3 Outline one cognitive characteristic of OCD and one behavioural characteristic of OCD that can be identified from the description provided by Steven. [2 marks]
0 4 Briefly outline one strength of the cognitive explanation of depression. [2 marks]
0 5 Outline and evaluate the behavioural approach to treating phobias. [12 marks]
Section C
Research methods
Identify the experimental design used in this study and outline one advantage of this experimental design. [3 marks]
0 2 Describe one other experimental design that researchers use in psychology. [2 marks]
0 3 Apart from using random allocation, suggest one way in which the psychologist might have improved this study by controlling for the effects of extraneous variables. Justify your answer. [2 marks]
0 4 Write a suitable hypothesis for this study. [3 marks]
0 5 From the information given in the description, calculate the number of participants in each group in Condition B. [1 mark]
0 6 Name a measure of dispersion the psychologist could use. [1 mark]
0 7 The psychologist uses the measure of dispersion you have named in your answer to question 0 6. State how the result for each condition would differ. [1 mark]
0 8 Explain how the psychologist could have used random allocation to assign the 15 participants in Condition B into the 5 groups. [3 marks]
0 9 Using the information given, explain how the psychologist could further analyse the data using percentages. [2 marks]
1 0 At the end of the study the psychologist debriefed each participant. Write a debriefing that the psychologist could read out to the participants in Condition A. [6 marks]
2251 words total for all questions and answers in this PDF document file.