AS & A Level Psychology (9990) — May–June 2024, Paper 32

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Question 1 · 4 marks · Clinical Psychology — treatment and management of fear-related disorders (applied tension)

Craig has a phobia of blood and injections. He watches someone having an injection on television, feels faint and now he is too frightened to turn on his television. Suggest how…

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Question 2 · 4 marks · Clinical Psychology — issues and debates: nature versus nurture (behavioural explanation of fear-related disorders)

Outline what is meant by 'nurture', including an example from the behavioural explanation of fear-related disorders. [2]

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Question 3 · 6 marks · Clinical Psychology — the diagnosis of depression: measures of depression (Beck Depression Inventory)

Dr Begum is a clinician who sees a patient, Joan. Joan describes how she spends her day feeling miserable and not knowing what to do with her time. She thinks it is her own fault…

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Question 4 · 16 marks · Clinical Psychology — schizophrenia: treatment and management (electro-convulsive therapy; cognitive-behavioural therapy — Sensky, 2000)

Describe electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) and cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) for the treatment and management of schizophrenia. [6]

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Question 5 · 4 marks · Consumer Psychology — the menu: menu design and choice (menu design features)

A pizza restaurant is redesigning its menu to encourage more purchases of mushroom pizza. Suggest two menu design features that could help to sell more mushroom pizzas. [4]

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Question 6 · 4 marks · Consumer Psychology — issues and debates: individual and situational explanations

Outline what is meant by 'individual and situational explanations'. [2]

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Question 7 · 6 marks · Consumer Psychology — buying and selling: point of purchase decisions

Customers at a supermarket frequently purchase one tin of tomatoes at a time. The manager of the supermarket wants to encourage customers to buy multiple tins of tomatoes. Suggest…

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Question 8 · 16 marks · Consumer Psychology — the retail environment: sound / atmospherics (North et al., 2003 — music and restaurant spending)

Describe the study by North et al. (2003) on musical style and restaurant customers' spending. [6]

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Question 9 · 4 marks · Health Psychology — adherence to medical advice: improving adherence (Health Belief Model)

Dr Munsi is concerned that some of her elderly patients with heart disease do not take their medication every day. Dr Munsi uses the Health Belief Model to design a leaflet to…

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Question 10 · 4 marks · Health Psychology — issues and debates: application to everyday life (measures of non-adherence)

Outline what is meant by 'application to everyday life', including a measure of non-adherence as an example. [2]

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Question 11 · 6 marks · Health Psychology — health promotion / positive psychology (the pleasant life)

Zainab has two daughters who are 8 and 17 years old. Zainab wants to help her daughters to continue to experience good mental health. She reads a book on positive psychology about…

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Question 12 · 16 marks · Health Psychology — the patient–practitioner relationship / health and safety: delay in seeking treatment (Safer, 1979) and Munchausen syndrome (Aleem and Ajarim, 1995)

Describe a study investigating reasons for delay in seeking treatment and a study on Munchausen syndrome. [6]

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Question 13 · 4 marks · Organisational Psychology — conflict at work: bullying at work (causes of bullying)

Arjun is being bullied at work by his manager, Tia. When Arjun is interviewed about the bullying, he says it started when Tia was promoted to manager. Tia can become stressed at…

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Question 14 · 4 marks · Organisational Psychology — motivation and job satisfaction (Herzberg's two factor theory)

Outline Herzberg's two factor theory of job satisfaction. [2]

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Question 15 · 6 marks · Organisational Psychology — motivation and job satisfaction: job design techniques (rotation, enrichment, enlargement)

Sally manages the production line of a toy factory. A recent survey of her employees has shown that they are not satisfied with their jobs. Suggest two job design techniques that…

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Question 16 · 16 marks · Organisational Psychology — health and safety at work: reducing accidents (token economy — Fox et al., 1987) and monitoring accidents and risk events (Swat, 1997)

Describe what psychologists have discovered about: • token economy used to reduce accidents at work, and • monitoring accidents and risk events. [6]

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