AS & A Level Psychology (9990) — May–June 2025, Paper 11

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Question 1 · 5 marks · Learning approach — Fagen et al. (elephant learning)

From the study by Fagen et al. (elephant learning): State the number of elephants that successfully passed the trunk-wash test.

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Question 2 · 4 marks · Biological approach — Perry et al. (personal space)

In the study by Perry et al. (personal space), in Experiment 1 each participant took a computerised test of comfortable interpersonal distance. Outline the two possible ways that…

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Question 3 · 6 marks · Learning approach — Saavedra and Silverman (button phobia)

From the study by Saavedra and Silverman (button phobia): One aim was to investigate the role of disgust in a childhood phobia. Outline one other aim of this study.

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Question 4 · 3 marks · Biological approach — Dement and Kleitman (sleep and dreams)

From the study by Dement and Kleitman (sleep and dreams): Outline one result about dream recall and stages of sleep. You must use data in your answer.

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Question 5 · 4 marks · Biological approach — assumptions

Outline one assumption of the biological approach.

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Question 6 · 7 marks · Cognitive approach — Pozzulo et al. (line-ups)

Describe the psychology being investigated in the study by Pozzulo et al. (line-ups).

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Question 7 · 5 marks · Biological approach — Hassett et al. (monkey toy preferences)

In the study by Hassett et al. (monkey toy preferences), each trial used a 'plush' toy and a 'wheeled' toy. Describe the procedure for one trial.

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Question 8 · 4 marks · Learning approach — Bandura et al. (aggression)

Your friend, Imelda, tells you about a problem with her child's behaviour. Her child keeps taking all of his toys from where they are stored in a box and throwing them…

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Question 9 · 12 marks · Cognitive approach — Andrade (doodling)

In the study by Andrade (doodling), the sample size was 40 participants. Describe the sample of participants used in this study, other than the sample size of 40.

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Question 10 · 10 marks · Social approach — Milgram (obedience)

Evaluate the study by Milgram (obedience) in terms of two strengths and two weaknesses. At least one of your evaluation points must be about the sampling technique used to recruit…

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