AS & A Level Psychology (9990) — May–June 2024, Paper 33

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Question 1 · 4 marks · Clinical Psychology — diagnostic criteria for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

Sarah is always thinking about germs. At work she eats lunch alone as she believes this will protect her colleagues. She always washes her hands for 15 minutes in very hot water.…

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Question 2 · 4 marks · Clinical Psychology — issues and debates: determinism versus free-will

Outline what is meant by the determinism versus free-will debate.

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Question 3 · 6 marks · Clinical Psychology — treatment of mood (affective) disorders: cognitive restructuring for bipolar disorder

Suggest how cognitive restructuring can help Olivia with both her depressive and manic episodes.

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Question 4 · 16 marks · Clinical Psychology — fear-related disorders: behavioural and psychodynamic explanations

Describe the behavioural explanation and the psychodynamic explanation of fear-related disorders.

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Question 5 · 4 marks · Consumer Psychology — the physical environment / advertising: self-monitoring and advertising strategies (Snyder and DeBono, 1985)

Suggest one advertising strategy for winter coats that would appeal to high self-monitors.

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Question 6 · 4 marks · Consumer Psychology — consumer decision-making: satisficing model

Outline 'satisficing' as a model of consumer decision-making.

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Question 7 · 6 marks · Consumer Psychology — consumer decision-making: system 1 and system 2 thinking

Explain one reason why the customers shopping for computers are using system 2 for decision-making.

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Question 8 · 16 marks · Consumer Psychology — the retail environment / menu design: features of menu design (Pavesic, 2005) and effect of food name (Lockyer, 2006)

Describe what psychologists have discovered about: • the features of menu design which have positive and negative impacts, and • the effect of food name on menu item choice.

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Question 9 · 4 marks · Health Psychology — practitioner–patient communication: verbal communication (McKinlay, 1975; doctor-centred/patient-centred consultation — Savage and Armstrong, 1990)

Suggest one way to improve the doctors' verbal communication with patients.

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Question 10 · 4 marks · Health Psychology — issues and debates: nature versus nurture

Outline what is meant by the nature versus nurture debate.

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Question 11 · 6 marks · Health Psychology — the management and control of pain: alternative treatments (acupuncture; stimulation therapy/TENS)

Outline two alternative treatments that Becky could use to manage her pain.

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Question 12 · 16 marks · Health Psychology — health promotion and health beliefs: unrealistic optimism (Weinstein, 1980) and positive psychology (Shoshani and Steinmetz, 2014)

Describe what psychologists have discovered about: • unrealistic optimism, and • positive psychology.

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Question 13 · 4 marks · Organisational Psychology — performance monitoring of employee productivity (Claypoole and Szalma, 2019)

Suggest one way that Feba could monitor the productivity of her employees while they work at home.

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Question 14 · 4 marks · Organisational Psychology — group behaviour: conflict at work (Thomas-Kilmann's five conflict-handling modes); reductionism versus holism

Outline what is meant by 'holism', including an example from Thomas-Kilmann's five conflict-handling modes.

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Question 15 · 6 marks · Organisational Psychology — organisational work conditions: human error (errors of omission)

Explain the type of human error made by Joseph.

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Question 16 · 16 marks · Organisational Psychology — motivation to work: Maslow's hierarchy of needs and McClelland's theory of achievement motivation

Describe what psychologists studying motivation to work have discovered about: • Maslow's hierarchy of needs, and • McClelland's theory of achievement motivation.

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