AQA A LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY PAPER 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

AQA A LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY PAPER 2
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Give one reason why schema's are useful? - (correct answer) -When
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we're in unknown situations schemas help us know how to behave. So
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when we do not know what to do our schema fills in the gaps for us and
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allow us to process situations better.
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Give one reason why schema's are not useful? - (correct answer) -
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schemas may exclude information which doesn't conform to our prior
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expectations. As a result, we may form stereotypes which are difficult
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to shift, even if new,disputing information is presented. This means we
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may not be processing the world around us accurately and may
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misjudge or represent a person or situation.
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Discuss the defense mechanism shown by Jed? - (correct answer) -
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Displacement is when we redirect our hostile feelings onto something ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji ji




else because it is not appropriate to express their feeling towards the
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person or object in question. Jed can't take his frustration out on his
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teacher, who issued the detention and he displaced his feelings by
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kicking the locker.
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Outline the key features of the behaviourist approach. Compare to the
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biological approach,
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(A01 Behaviourist) - (correct answer) -The behaviourist approach
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suggests that the basic processes that govern learning in all species
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are the same. We learn through two concepts: operant conditioning and
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classical conditioning.
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Outline the key features of the behaviourist approach. Compare to the
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biological approach, (classical conditioning) - (correct answer) -The
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idea of classical conditioning was developed by Pavlov who found that
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we learn through association. He found that it was possible to condition
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, dogs to associate the sound of a bell with food. This resulted in the dogs
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producing a salivation response at the sound of a bell even when no
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food was present. Pavlov demonstrated that repeated exposure to an
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event leads to a learned and uncontrollable behaviour.
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Outline the key features of the behaviourist approach. Compare to the
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biological approach, (operant conditioning) - (correct answer) -Skinner
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suggested behaviour resulted from learning through the consequences
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of our actions. He conducted research into operant conditioning theory
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using rats, and found that three types of consequences will affect
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behaviour: positive reinforcement involves rewarding a behaviour,
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which increases it being repeated; negative reinforcement involves
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removing an unpleasant outcome to increase it being repeated;
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punishment involves adding an unpleasant outcome,reducing the
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behaviour.
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Outline the key features of the behaviourist approach. Compare to the
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biological approach, (similarity to biological) - (correct answer) -Both
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the behaviourist approach and biological approach share a similarity in
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being determinist. Both ignore the influence that the person can have
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and whether they have free will and can make their own choices in
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these decisions.
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Outline the key features of the behaviourist approach. Compare to the
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biological approach, (difference) - (correct answer) -However, they
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differ in that the behaviourist approach is environmentally determinist
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while the biological approach is biologically determinist. Stating that
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behaviour is the product of internal biological factors (e.g. genes,
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hormones, neurotransmitters, etc.) while behaviourists argue that
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behaviour is determined by the environment and is a product of
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stimulus-response associations
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Outline the key features of the behaviourist approach. Compare to the
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biological approach (similarity) - (correct answer) -Both approaches
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take a nomothetic approach when studying human behaviour. Both
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