AS & A Level Psychology (9990) — May–June 2023, Paper 33

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Question 1 · 12 marks · Psychology and abnormality — impulse control disorders: pyromania

Explain what is meant by 'pyromania'.

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Question 2 · 18 marks · Psychology and abnormality — mood (affective) disorders: explanations of depression (genetic and neurochemical; cognitive; learned helplessness/attributional style)

Describe explanations of depression.

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Question 3 · 12 marks · Psychology and consumer behaviour — the retail environment: shopper movement patterns (Gil et al., 2009)

Identify two shopper movement patterns from the study by Gil et al. (2009).

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Question 4 · 18 marks · Psychology and consumer behaviour — retail/leisure environment design: retail store architecture (Turley and Milliman, 2000); leisure environments (Finlay et al., 2006); store interior layout (Vrechopoulos, 2004)

Describe what psychologists have discovered about retail/leisure environment design (retail store architecture, leisure environments, store interior layout).

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Question 5 · 12 marks · Psychology and health — the patient-practitioner relationship: type I and type II errors in diagnosis

Practitioners may make type I or type II errors in diagnosis. Outline one of these types of error, including an example in your answer.

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Question 6 · 18 marks · Psychology and health — stress: management of stress (medical/biochemical techniques; biofeedback, Budzynski et al., 1969; imagery, Bridge, 1988; stress inoculation, Meichenbaum, 1985)

Describe what psychologists have discovered about the management of stress.

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Question 7 · 12 marks · Psychology and organisations — organisational work conditions: token economy to reduce accidents at work

Outline how a token economy can be used to reduce accidents at work.

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Question 8 · 18 marks · Psychology and organisations — satisfaction at work: measuring job satisfaction (Job Descriptive Index, Smith et al., 1969; Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, Weiss et al., 1967; Quality of Working Life questionnaire, Walton, 1974)

Describe what psychologists have discovered about measuring job satisfaction.

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