AS & A Level Psychology (9990) — October–November 2023, Paper 31

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Question 1 · 12 marks · Psychology and abnormality — explanations and treatment of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders (body dysmorphic disorder)

Outline two common compulsions of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). [2]

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Question 2 · 18 marks · Psychology and abnormality — impulse control disorders and non-substance addictive disorder (treatment and management)

Describe the treatment and management of impulse control disorders and non-substance addictive disorder. [8]

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Question 3 · 12 marks · Psychology and consumer behaviour — the physical environment (personal space; behaviour constraint)

Outline 'behaviour constraint' in consumer theories of personal space. [2]

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Question 4 · 18 marks · Psychology and consumer behaviour — consumer decision-making (models, strategies, marketing theories)

Describe what psychologists have discovered about consumer decision-making (models, strategies, marketing theories). [8]

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Question 5 · 12 marks · Psychology and health — stress (physiological measures of stress)

Identify two recording devices that give physiological measures of stress. [2]

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Question 6 · 18 marks · Psychology and health — the promotion of health (strategies: fear arousal, Yale model of communication, providing information)

Describe what psychologists have discovered about strategies for promoting health (fear arousal, Yale model of communication, providing information). [8]

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Question 7 · 12 marks · Psychology and organisations — leadership and management (followership; Kelley, 1988)

Identify two qualities of good followers (Kelley, 1988). [2]

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Question 8 · 18 marks · Psychology and organisations — motivation to work (cognitive theories: goal-setting theory, VIE theory, equity theory)

Describe what psychologists have discovered about cognitive theories of motivation to work (goal-setting theory, VIE theory, equity theory). [8]

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