AS & A Level Psychology (9990) — October–November 2024, Paper 12

In the study by Saavedra and Silverman, a boy was treated for a specific phobia. Identify the specific phobia the boy was being treated for.

From the study by Baron-Cohen et al. (eyes test): Outline one result in relation to sex of participant and scores on the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test.

From the study by Piliavin et al. (subway Samaritans): Outline what is meant by the term ‘bystander apathy’.

In the study by Hölzel et al. (mindfulness and brain scans), one of the groups participated in a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course. There were ‘inclusion criteria’ for…

Outline two assumptions of the social approach in psychology.

In the study by Hassett et al. (monkey toy preferences), each trial lasted for 25 minutes within the monkey enclosure. Describe the procedure for a trial.

Children can be eyewitnesses to a crime. However, children’s identification of the criminal can be inaccurate. Suggest how child eyewitnesses can be helped to accurately identify…

Tejas is talking about the study by Bandura et al. (aggression). He says that the study is not ethical. Explain why Tejas is correct that the study is not ethical, using evidence…

Describe the sample used in the study by Milgram (obedience).

Evaluate the study by Andrade (doodling) in terms of two strengths and two weaknesses. At least one of your evaluation points must be about the sampling technique used.