AS & A Level Psychology (9990) — October–November 2023, Paper 22

From the study by Pepperberg (parrot learning): State the aim of this study.

Explain the importance of the ethical guidelines of anaesthesia, analgesia and euthanasia in relation to the use of animals in research.

Participants in the study by Laney et al. (false memory) completed a 'Restaurant Questionnaire', which was formatted to look like a menu. Describe the Restaurant Questionnaire.

The study by Yamamoto et al. (chimpanzee helping) used a repeated measures experimental design. Outline what is meant by a 'repeated measures design'. Include an example from the…

In a study that measured two variables, a relationship between the variables was found. As one variable increased, the other decreased. Name this relationship.

Describe natural experiments and naturalistic observations, using any examples.

James is conducting an interview to investigate topics that could influence anger and euphoria. He has already written his questions about anger. James needs to write questions…

Olive and Durnaz are planning a questionnaire to use in their study, which aims to investigate forgetting in old people. Olive thinks that they should include some irrelevant…

Gagan has collected data about personality characteristics. Two of the questions he asked were: - Personality question: Which word best describes your personality? Angry /…

Sara wants to test whether people with a higher intelligence quotient (IQ) are better at concentrating. She will conduct a laboratory experiment and already has a test for…