2025 AQA A-LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY Paper 3 Issues and Options in Psychology
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Section A
Issues and debates in psychology
Answer all questions in this section.
0 1 A researcher tested the musical ability of two groups of children. The parents of
children in Group 1 were professional musicians. The parents of children in Group
2 did not play a musical instrument.
The researcher found that the children in Group 1 had significantly higher musical
ability scores than the children in Group 2.
Use your knowledge of two different types of determinism to explain the findings in
Group 1 and Group 2.
[4 marks]
0 2 The researcher also tested the motor (movement) skills of the children in Group 1
using a newly devised test.
The measures of central tendency for the motor skills test were as follows:
Mean = 20.5, Mode = 30, Median = 25.5
Use the measures of central tendency to identify the type of distribution of scores
in the motor skills test. Explain your answer.
[2 marks]
0 3 Explain how the researcher could modify the motor skills test so that it would be
more likely to produce a set of scores that is normally distributed.
[2 marks]
0 4 The researcher noticed that a lot of the children who did well on the musical
ability test also seemed to do well on the motor skills test.
Suggest how the researcher could use the existing data to investigate the relationship
between musical ability and motor skills.
[4 marks]
0 5 Explain what is meant by cultural relativism in psychology. Use one topic you
have studied in psychology as part of your explanation.
[4 marks]
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Question Paper & Mark Scheme (Merged) Monday 9 June 2025 [VERIFIED]
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Section A
Issues and debates in psychology
Answer all questions in this section.
0 1 A researcher tested the musical ability of two groups of children. The parents of
children in Group 1 were professional musicians. The parents of children in Group
2 did not play a musical instrument.
The researcher found that the children in Group 1 had significantly higher musical
ability scores than the children in Group 2.
Use your knowledge of two different types of determinism to explain the findings in
Group 1 and Group 2.
[4 marks]
0 2 The researcher also tested the motor (movement) skills of the children in Group 1
using a newly devised test.
The measures of central tendency for the motor skills test were as follows:
Mean = 20.5, Mode = 30, Median = 25.5
Use the measures of central tendency to identify the type of distribution of scores
in the motor skills test. Explain your answer.
[2 marks]
0 3 Explain how the researcher could modify the motor skills test so that it would be
more likely to produce a set of scores that is normally distributed.
[2 marks]
0 4 The researcher noticed that a lot of the children who did well on the musical
ability test also seemed to do well on the motor skills test.
Suggest how the researcher could use the existing data to investigate the relationship
between musical ability and motor skills.
[4 marks]
0 5 Explain what is meant by cultural relativism in psychology. Use one topic you
have studied in psychology as part of your explanation.
[4 marks]
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