AS & A Level Psychology (9990) — October–November 2024, Paper 41

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Question 1 · 10 marks · Clinical Psychology - mood (affective) disorders; key study Oruč et al. (1997) (Syllabus 1.2.2)

Outline what is meant by a clinical interview.

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Question 2 · 8 marks · Clinical Psychology - impulse control disorders; diagnostic criteria (ICD-11) of pyromania (Syllabus 1.3.1)

Explain what is meant by the term 'pyromania'.

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Question 3 · 10 marks · Consumer Psychology - choice blindness for food items; key study Hall et al. (2010) (Syllabus 2.3.3)

Outline the sample of participants used in this study.

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Question 4 · 8 marks · Consumer Psychology - sales techniques (customer-focused, competitor-focused, product-focused) (Syllabus 2.4.2)

Explain what is meant by a 'customer-focused' sales technique.

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Question 5 · 10 marks · Health Psychology - effect of practitioner style on patient satisfaction; key study Savage and Armstrong (1990) (Syllabus 3.1.2)

Outline how participants were recruited for the study.

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Question 6 · 8 marks · Health Psychology - managing and controlling pain; psychological treatments: cognitive strategies (attention diversion, non-pain imagery, cognitive redefinition) (Syllabus 3.3.3)

Outline the psychological treatment of 'attention diversion' to manage and control pain.

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Question 7 · 10 marks · Organisational Psychology - monitoring accidents and risk events; key study Swat (1997) (Syllabus 4.4.3)

Explain what is meant by the term 'accident frequency' as used in this study.

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Question 8 · 8 marks · Organisational Psychology - motivation to work; Maslow's hierarchy of needs, e.g. Saeednia (2011) (Syllabus 4.1.1)

Outline what Maslow meant by 'physiological needs' and 'social needs'.

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Question 9 · 24 marks · Clinical Psychology - biological treatments (anti-depressants) (Syllabus 1.2.3); design an experiment

Plan an experiment to investigate which anti-depressant drug is more effective for treating depression. Your plan must include details about: - experimental design - type of…

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Question 10 · 24 marks · Consumer Psychology - point of purchase decisions; multiple unit pricing (Syllabus 2.3.2); design a study (questionnaire)

Plan a study using a questionnaire with closed questions to investigate the effectiveness of multiple unit pricing on purchases from a supermarket. Your plan must include details…

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Question 11 · 24 marks · Health Psychology - non-verbal communications; practitioner clothing (Syllabus 3.1.1); design a study (face-to-face interview)

Plan a study using a face-to-face interview to investigate patients' preference for the clothing their doctors wear. Your plan must include details about: - question…

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Question 12 · 24 marks · Organisational Psychology - impact of physical work conditions on productivity and the Hawthorne effect (Syllabus 4.4.1); design an experiment

Plan an experiment to investigate the effect of one physical work condition, other than temperature, on the productivity of workers. Your plan must include details about: -…

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