AQA A-Level Psychology Paper 2 EXAM LATEST
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Psychology - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>the scientific study of behaviour and mental
processes
Science - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>The means of acquiring knowledge through
systematic and objective investigation
Introspection by Wundt - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>A systematic method used to study
the mind by breaking up conscious awareness into basic structures of thoughts,
images and sensations
Emergence of psychology - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Watson questioned the
subjectiveness of introspection - variety between person to person made it hard
to establish general principles
Behaviourist approach - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>A way of explaining behaviour in
terms of what is observable and in terms of learning
,Classical conditioning - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Learning by association
Operant conditioning - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Learning where behaviour is shaped
and maintained by consequences
Reinforcement - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>A consequence of behaviour that increases
the likelihood of that behaviour being repeated
Assumptions of behaviourist approach - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>- assumes everything
about human behaviour is learnt through experience (classical or operant
conditioning)
- relies on lab experiments
- animals have same basic processes that govern learning and so can be replaced
as experimental subjects
Pavlov's research - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Pavlov presented a bell (NS) with food
(UCS), which caused the dog to salivate (UCR). Eventually, the dog associated the
sound of the bell and food so the sound of the bell (CS) would cause the dog to
salivate (CR) - demonatrating the learning of innate reflex behaviours in animals
Skinner's research - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>He suggested that learning is an active
process whereby humans and animals operate on their environment eg, the
skinner box
Positive reinforcement - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Rewards when a certain desirable
behaviour is performed
,Negative reinforcement - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>When an animal or human avoids
something unpleasant
Punishment - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>An unpleasant consequence of behaviour
Behaviourist approach - limit - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Doesn't take into account any
biological aspects and so is deterministic
Behaviourist approach - application - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Treatment to phobias
through systematic desensitisation through classical conditioning
Behaviourist approach - research support - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Influential in the
development of psychology as a scientific discipline
Social learning theory - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>A way of explaining behaviour that
includes both direct and indirect reinforcement
Imitation - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Copying the behaviour of others
Identification - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>When as observer associates themselves with
a role model and wants to be like the role model
Modelling - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Imitating the behaviour of a role model
, Vicarious reinforcement - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Reinforcement that is not directly
experienced but occurs through observing someone else being reinforced for a
behaviour
Mediational processes - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Cognitive factors that influence
learning and come between stimulus and response
Assumptions of social learning theory - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>- learning occurs
through observation and imitation of others in a social context
- learning occurs directly and indirectly
Role of mediational processes identified by Bandura - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>1.
Attention
2. Retention
3. Motor reproduction
4. Motivation
Social learning theory - limit - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Underestimates the influence of
biological factors - boys were found to be more aggressive
Social learning theory - application - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Applied to token
economy systems in prison - help to rehabilitate prisoners to lower recidivism
Social learning theory - research support - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Bandura's bobo doll
experiment - adult hit doll with hammer
2025 WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
100% GUARANTEED PASS!
Psychology - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>the scientific study of behaviour and mental
processes
Science - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>The means of acquiring knowledge through
systematic and objective investigation
Introspection by Wundt - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>A systematic method used to study
the mind by breaking up conscious awareness into basic structures of thoughts,
images and sensations
Emergence of psychology - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Watson questioned the
subjectiveness of introspection - variety between person to person made it hard
to establish general principles
Behaviourist approach - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>A way of explaining behaviour in
terms of what is observable and in terms of learning
,Classical conditioning - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Learning by association
Operant conditioning - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Learning where behaviour is shaped
and maintained by consequences
Reinforcement - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>A consequence of behaviour that increases
the likelihood of that behaviour being repeated
Assumptions of behaviourist approach - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>- assumes everything
about human behaviour is learnt through experience (classical or operant
conditioning)
- relies on lab experiments
- animals have same basic processes that govern learning and so can be replaced
as experimental subjects
Pavlov's research - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Pavlov presented a bell (NS) with food
(UCS), which caused the dog to salivate (UCR). Eventually, the dog associated the
sound of the bell and food so the sound of the bell (CS) would cause the dog to
salivate (CR) - demonatrating the learning of innate reflex behaviours in animals
Skinner's research - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>He suggested that learning is an active
process whereby humans and animals operate on their environment eg, the
skinner box
Positive reinforcement - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Rewards when a certain desirable
behaviour is performed
,Negative reinforcement - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>When an animal or human avoids
something unpleasant
Punishment - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>An unpleasant consequence of behaviour
Behaviourist approach - limit - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Doesn't take into account any
biological aspects and so is deterministic
Behaviourist approach - application - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Treatment to phobias
through systematic desensitisation through classical conditioning
Behaviourist approach - research support - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Influential in the
development of psychology as a scientific discipline
Social learning theory - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>A way of explaining behaviour that
includes both direct and indirect reinforcement
Imitation - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Copying the behaviour of others
Identification - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>When as observer associates themselves with
a role model and wants to be like the role model
Modelling - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Imitating the behaviour of a role model
, Vicarious reinforcement - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Reinforcement that is not directly
experienced but occurs through observing someone else being reinforced for a
behaviour
Mediational processes - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Cognitive factors that influence
learning and come between stimulus and response
Assumptions of social learning theory - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>- learning occurs
through observation and imitation of others in a social context
- learning occurs directly and indirectly
Role of mediational processes identified by Bandura - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>1.
Attention
2. Retention
3. Motor reproduction
4. Motivation
Social learning theory - limit - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Underestimates the influence of
biological factors - boys were found to be more aggressive
Social learning theory - application - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Applied to token
economy systems in prison - help to rehabilitate prisoners to lower recidivism
Social learning theory - research support - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔->>Bandura's bobo doll
experiment - adult hit doll with hammer
