AS & A Level Psychology (9990) — October–November 2024, Paper 43

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Question 1 · 10 marks · Clinical Psychology — 1.2.2 key study on association analysis of genetics of depressive disorder: Oruč et al. (1997).

Outline what is meant by a clinical interview.

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Question 2 · 8 marks · Clinical Psychology — 1.3.1 diagnostic criteria (ICD-11) of impulse control disorders: kleptomania, pyromania, gambling disorder.

Explain what is meant by the term 'pyromania'.

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Question 3 · 10 marks · Consumer Psychology — 2.3.3 key study for choice blindness when tasting food items: Hall et al. (2010).

Outline the sample of participants used in this study.

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Question 4 · 8 marks · Consumer Psychology — 2.4.2 sales techniques focusing on customer-focused, competitor-focused, product-focused techniques including effect of each on buyer–seller relationship.

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

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Question 5 · 10 marks · Health Psychology — 3.1.2 key study for the effect of practitioner style on patient satisfaction: Savage and Armstrong (1990).

Outline how participants were recruited for the study.

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

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

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Question 7 · 10 marks · Organisational Psychology — 4.4.3 key study on the monitoring of accidents and risk events: Swat (1997).

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

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Question 8 · 8 marks · Organisational Psychology — 4.1.1 Maslow's hierarchy of needs including five needs, including a study, e.g. Saeednia (2011).

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

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Question 9 · 24 marks · Clinical Psychology — 1.2.3 biological treatments including the use of anti-depressants (tricyclics, MAOIs and SSRIs); research methods (planning 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 — 2.3.2 point of purchase decisions including multiple unit pricing and suggestive selling, including a study, e.g. Wansink et al. (1998); research methods (planning a questionnaire study).

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 — 3.1.1 non-verbal communications with a focus on practitioner clothing, including a study, e.g. McKinstry and Wang (1991); research methods (planning an interview study).

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 — 4.4.1 impact of physical work conditions on productivity and the Hawthorne effect, e.g. Kompier (2006); research methods (planning 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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