AQA AS PSYCHOLOGY 7181/1 PAPER 1 INTRODUCTORY TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY VERSION1.0 FINAL QUESTION PAPERS & MERGED MARKING SCHEME | JUNE 2023

AQA AS PSYCHOLOGY 7181/1 Paper 1 Introductory topics in psychology Version: 1.0 Final *JUN237181101 * IB/G/Jun2 3/E9 7181/1 For Examiner’s Use Section Mark A B C TOTAL Monday 15 May 2023 Afternoon Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes Materials For this paper you may use: • a calculator. Instructions • Use black ink or black ball -point pen. • Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. • Answer all questions. • You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages. • If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). • Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. Information • The marks for questions are shown in brackets . • The maximum mark for this paper is 72. • You will be assessed on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. Please write clearly in block capitals. Centre number Candidate number Surname Forename(s) Candidate signature I declare this is my own work. AS PSYCHOLOGY Paper 1 Introductory t opics in psychology 2 *02* IB/G/Jun23/7181/1 Do not write outside the box Section A Social Influence Answer all questions in this section. 0 1 Outline informational social influence as an explanation for conformity . [3 marks] Extra space 0 2 A teacher asked her class for a volunteer to talk to future A-level students. The teacher asked S arah first, but she refused. The teacher then asked Emily to help. Use your knowledge of resistance to social influence to explain Emily’s likely response to the teacher’s request. [3 marks] Extra space 3 *03* Turn over ► IB/G/Jun23/7181/1 Do not write outside the box 0 3 A teacher investigated students’ attitudes to the school’s uniform rules. The school consisted of students from Years 7–11, with 100 students in each year. She conducted interviews individually with 1 0 students. One of the questions in the interview was , ‘How many times have you been ‘ told off’ for not following the school ’s uniform rules this term?’ The results from this question are shown in Table 1. Table 1 Number of times each student had been ‘told off’ that term Student Number of times ‘told off’ 1 1 2 7 3 2 4 3 5 4 6 5 7 3 8 1 9 25 10 2 0 3 . 1 Explain why the median would be a more appropriate measure of central tendency than the mean for th e data in Table 1. [2 marks] Question 3 continues on the next page