Practice Paper: Edexcel AS Psychology
8PS0/02 (Paper 2)
Paper 2: Biological Psychology & Learning Theories
Question paper
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Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes Total: 70 marks
Instructions
• Answer every question in Sections A, B and C.
• Write each answer in the space after the question. Use extra paper if you need
more room, and label it clearly.
• The number of marks for each question or part is shown in brackets. Use it to
judge how much to write and how long to spend (about a minute per mark, plus
reading time).
• You may use a calculator. The formula(e) and critical values you need are printed
on the next page.
• Section A is worth 29 marks, Section B 29 marks and Section C 12 marks.
Name: ______________________________________ Date: ________________
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, Formulae and critical values
Chi-squared (χ²)
χ² = Σ [ (O − E)² ÷ E ] where O = observed frequency and E = expected frequency.
Degrees of freedom: df = (number of rows − 1) × (number of columns − 1)
df p = 0.10 p = 0.05 p = 0.01 p = 0.001
1 2.71 3.84 6.63 10.83
2 4.61 5.99 9.21 13.82
3 6.25 7.81 11.34 16.27
4 7.78 9.49 13.28 18.47
5 9.24 11.07 15.09 20.52
Critical values of χ² (two-tailed). The result is significant if the calculated χ² is greater than or equal to
the critical value.
Note: the real examination supplies a full formulae and statistical tables booklet. Only
the material needed for this practice paper is printed here.
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, Section A: Biological Psychology
1 Raine et al. (1997) used brain scanning to compare people charged with murder
with a control group.
(a) Describe the procedure followed by Raine et al. (1997).
(3)
(b) Explain two weaknesses of Raine et al.’s (1997) research.
(4)
Weakness 1
Weakness 2
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8PS0/02 (Paper 2)
Paper 2: Biological Psychology & Learning Theories
Question paper
Written by AcePapers
Independent practice paper written for revision. Not an official Pearson paper and
not affiliated with or endorsed by Pearson.
Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes Total: 70 marks
Instructions
• Answer every question in Sections A, B and C.
• Write each answer in the space after the question. Use extra paper if you need
more room, and label it clearly.
• The number of marks for each question or part is shown in brackets. Use it to
judge how much to write and how long to spend (about a minute per mark, plus
reading time).
• You may use a calculator. The formula(e) and critical values you need are printed
on the next page.
• Section A is worth 29 marks, Section B 29 marks and Section C 12 marks.
Name: ______________________________________ Date: ________________
Practice Paper 8PS0/02 (Paper 2) – Question paper Written by AcePapers | Page 1
, Formulae and critical values
Chi-squared (χ²)
χ² = Σ [ (O − E)² ÷ E ] where O = observed frequency and E = expected frequency.
Degrees of freedom: df = (number of rows − 1) × (number of columns − 1)
df p = 0.10 p = 0.05 p = 0.01 p = 0.001
1 2.71 3.84 6.63 10.83
2 4.61 5.99 9.21 13.82
3 6.25 7.81 11.34 16.27
4 7.78 9.49 13.28 18.47
5 9.24 11.07 15.09 20.52
Critical values of χ² (two-tailed). The result is significant if the calculated χ² is greater than or equal to
the critical value.
Note: the real examination supplies a full formulae and statistical tables booklet. Only
the material needed for this practice paper is printed here.
Practice Paper 8PS0/02 (Paper 2) – Question paper Written by AcePapers | Page 2
, Section A: Biological Psychology
1 Raine et al. (1997) used brain scanning to compare people charged with murder
with a control group.
(a) Describe the procedure followed by Raine et al. (1997).
(3)
(b) Explain two weaknesses of Raine et al.’s (1997) research.
(4)
Weakness 1
Weakness 2
Practice Paper 8PS0/02 (Paper 2) – Question paper Written by AcePapers | Page 3
