AS & A Level Psychology (9990) — October–November 2023, Paper 42

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Question 1 · 15 marks · Psychology and abnormality — anxiety disorders: characteristics of generalised anxiety

Outline two characteristics of generalised anxiety, other than it being caused by a wide range of situations or events, rather than one specific event.

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Question 2 · 15 marks · Psychology and consumer behaviour — product positioning and eye-tracking: the central gaze cascade effect (Atalay et al. 2012)

Explain what is meant by the term 'central gaze cascade effect' in this study.

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Question 3 · 15 marks · Psychology and health — practitioner–patient communication: medical terminology (McKinlay, 1975)

Explain how the participants' knowledge of these thirteen words was assessed in the interview.

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Question 4 · 15 marks · Psychology and organisations — organisational work conditions: sabotage (Giacalone and Rosenfeld, 1987)

Identify two reasons for sabotage as identified by Giacalone and Rosenfeld.

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Question 5 · 18 marks · Psychology and abnormality — characteristics of impulse control disorders and non-substance addictive disorder (Griffiths, 2005); research methods: questionnaire

Design a study using a questionnaire to investigate the frequency of characteristics of addiction in a group of individuals diagnosed with a gambling disorder.

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Question 6 · 18 marks · Psychology and consumer behaviour — menu design: eye movement patterns, framing and common menu mistakes (Pavesic, 2005); research methods: experiment

Design an experiment to investigate which eye magnet leads to the most increased orders.

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Question 7 · 18 marks · Psychology and health — health beliefs: health change (Lau, 1990); research methods: interview, longitudinal design

Design a longitudinal study using an interview to investigate beliefs about health change in adults.

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Question 8 · 18 marks · Psychology and organisations — theories of job satisfaction: two-factor theory (Herzberg, 1959); research methods: questionnaire

Design a study using a questionnaire to investigate which 'hygiene' and 'motivator' factors (Herzberg, 1959) are most likely to cause job satisfaction/job dissatisfaction.

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Question 9 · 12 marks · Psychology and abnormality — characteristics of impulse control disorders and non-substance addictive disorder; idiographic vs nomothetic; case study method

'A case study of a person with an impulse control disorder, such as kleptomania, will reveal more about the characteristics of the disorder than any other method.' To what extent…

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Question 10 · 12 marks · Psychology and consumer behaviour — the restaurant environment: space at restaurant tables (Robson et al., 2011); theories of personal space (overload, arousal, behaviour constraint)

'If space between restaurant tables is too small it will always cause overload, arousal and behaviour constraint in customers.' To what extent do you agree with this statement?…

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Question 11 · 12 marks · Psychology and health — patient and practitioner diagnosis and style: disclosure of information (Robinson and West, 1992)

'Disclosure of information to a computer will one day remove the need for diagnosis by a doctor.' To what extent do you agree with this statement? Use examples of research you…

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Question 12 · 12 marks · Psychology and organisations — leadership and management: three levels of leadership (Scouller, 2011); adaptive leadership (Heifetz, 1997); universalist and behavioural theories; reductionism vs holism

'Scouller's levels of leadership theory is reductionist, as are all leadership theories.' To what extent do you agree with this statement? Use examples of research you have…

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