A-LEVEL AQA PSYCHOLOGY PAPER 2 ASSESSMENT
UPDATED 2025 WITH QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADE A+
Brain stem VERIFIED ANSWER This is responsible for regulating
automatic functions
Wilhelm Wundt (1832-20) VERIFIED ANSWER - Believed to be the
first person to call himself a psychologist
- Is recognised as the 'father of Psychology'
- Set up the first psychology lab in Leipzig, Germany in 1987.
- He wrote the first psychology book in 1974
- He believed you could break down behaviours and study each
individual aspect of them scientifically
Cerebrum VERIFIED ANSWER The largest part which is divided into 4
lobes (Frontal, Parietal, Occipital and Temporal) each with different
functions
Pavlov (1927) VERIFIED ANSWER - He conditioned dogs to salivate
when they heard a bell ring
- He repeatedly rang the bell every time good was given to the dogs
- They began to associate the sound of the bell with food
- Once conditioned, they would salivate if they heard the sound of the
bell even if they weren't given any food.
,Cerebellum VERIFIED ANSWER Beneath back of the cerebrum which
controls motor skills, balance and controls muscles
John B. Watson (1919) VERIFIED ANSWER - Studied Little Albert
- He was conditioned to be scared of white rats
- Whenever he saw a white rat, he would associate it with a loud
hammer crack
- He also became scared of any other white fluffy thing due to stimulus
generalisation
Diencephalon VERIFIED ANSWER Above the brain stem, underneath
the cerebrum (includes thalamus and hypothalamus)
Skinner (1953) VERIFIED ANSWER - He placed rats into a cage that
delivered food when a lever was pressed
- The rats learnt to press the lever and would continue until they were
full
- He then used an electric shock under the rats feet that would run until
they pressed the lever
- The rats learnt to press the lever to avoid this electric shock
Bandura et al. (1961) VERIFIED ANSWER - 36 boys and 36 girls aged
3-6yrs
- Group 1 shown a model hitting the doll with a hammer and shouting
- Group 2 shown a non-aggressive model.
,- Group 3 not shown a model.
- Then taken to a room with toys but told not to play with them
- Then taken to a room with a Bobo doll and some non-aggressive toys
for 20 minutes
- Children exposed to the aggressive model were more likely to show
imitative aggressive behaviour
- Boys were nearly three times more likely to replicate physically violent
behaviour than girls
- Levels of verbal aggression expressed were about the same
- Male subjects placed with non-aggressive female models were more
likely to use the mallet
The spinal cord VERIFIED ANSWER Receives and transmits
information to and from the brain to the PNS and allows the brain to
regulate bodily processes and coordinate voluntary movements
Craik and Tulving (1975) VERIFIED ANSWER - Gave participants
words and manipulated the way they were processed by asking about
appearance, sound or meaning
- Participants recognised more words they had processed the meaning
than appearance
- Deeper processing of information leads to more durable memory traces
The peripheral nervous system VERIFIED ANSWER To connect the
CNS to the limbs and organs, serving as a relay between the brain and
spinal cord and rest of the body
, Braver et al. (1997) VERIFIED ANSWER - Scanned participants brains
while they were performing activities involving the central executive
- The prefrontal cortex showed greater activity
Generalisability VERIFIED ANSWER How far the findings of research
can be applied to other people and contexts
The somatic nervous system VERIFIED ANSWER A subdivision of the
peripheral nervous system
In charge of voluntary actions (consciously) and controls skeletal
muscles and connects with the senses
The autonomic nervous system VERIFIED ANSWER A subdivision of
the peripheral nervous system
Regulates involuntary actions (unconsciously) and controls smooth
muscles and glands such as organs that are vital to the body
Little Hans VERIFIED ANSWER - Little Hans had dreams about horses
and giraffes
- He was told off for playing with his penis - phallic stage
- He didn't want his dad around (jealousy) and was jealous of his
younger sister getting his mothers attention
= Hans was cured of his phobia of horses by looking into his
unconscious and realising the jealousy of his dad
UPDATED 2025 WITH QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADE A+
Brain stem VERIFIED ANSWER This is responsible for regulating
automatic functions
Wilhelm Wundt (1832-20) VERIFIED ANSWER - Believed to be the
first person to call himself a psychologist
- Is recognised as the 'father of Psychology'
- Set up the first psychology lab in Leipzig, Germany in 1987.
- He wrote the first psychology book in 1974
- He believed you could break down behaviours and study each
individual aspect of them scientifically
Cerebrum VERIFIED ANSWER The largest part which is divided into 4
lobes (Frontal, Parietal, Occipital and Temporal) each with different
functions
Pavlov (1927) VERIFIED ANSWER - He conditioned dogs to salivate
when they heard a bell ring
- He repeatedly rang the bell every time good was given to the dogs
- They began to associate the sound of the bell with food
- Once conditioned, they would salivate if they heard the sound of the
bell even if they weren't given any food.
,Cerebellum VERIFIED ANSWER Beneath back of the cerebrum which
controls motor skills, balance and controls muscles
John B. Watson (1919) VERIFIED ANSWER - Studied Little Albert
- He was conditioned to be scared of white rats
- Whenever he saw a white rat, he would associate it with a loud
hammer crack
- He also became scared of any other white fluffy thing due to stimulus
generalisation
Diencephalon VERIFIED ANSWER Above the brain stem, underneath
the cerebrum (includes thalamus and hypothalamus)
Skinner (1953) VERIFIED ANSWER - He placed rats into a cage that
delivered food when a lever was pressed
- The rats learnt to press the lever and would continue until they were
full
- He then used an electric shock under the rats feet that would run until
they pressed the lever
- The rats learnt to press the lever to avoid this electric shock
Bandura et al. (1961) VERIFIED ANSWER - 36 boys and 36 girls aged
3-6yrs
- Group 1 shown a model hitting the doll with a hammer and shouting
- Group 2 shown a non-aggressive model.
,- Group 3 not shown a model.
- Then taken to a room with toys but told not to play with them
- Then taken to a room with a Bobo doll and some non-aggressive toys
for 20 minutes
- Children exposed to the aggressive model were more likely to show
imitative aggressive behaviour
- Boys were nearly three times more likely to replicate physically violent
behaviour than girls
- Levels of verbal aggression expressed were about the same
- Male subjects placed with non-aggressive female models were more
likely to use the mallet
The spinal cord VERIFIED ANSWER Receives and transmits
information to and from the brain to the PNS and allows the brain to
regulate bodily processes and coordinate voluntary movements
Craik and Tulving (1975) VERIFIED ANSWER - Gave participants
words and manipulated the way they were processed by asking about
appearance, sound or meaning
- Participants recognised more words they had processed the meaning
than appearance
- Deeper processing of information leads to more durable memory traces
The peripheral nervous system VERIFIED ANSWER To connect the
CNS to the limbs and organs, serving as a relay between the brain and
spinal cord and rest of the body
, Braver et al. (1997) VERIFIED ANSWER - Scanned participants brains
while they were performing activities involving the central executive
- The prefrontal cortex showed greater activity
Generalisability VERIFIED ANSWER How far the findings of research
can be applied to other people and contexts
The somatic nervous system VERIFIED ANSWER A subdivision of the
peripheral nervous system
In charge of voluntary actions (consciously) and controls skeletal
muscles and connects with the senses
The autonomic nervous system VERIFIED ANSWER A subdivision of
the peripheral nervous system
Regulates involuntary actions (unconsciously) and controls smooth
muscles and glands such as organs that are vital to the body
Little Hans VERIFIED ANSWER - Little Hans had dreams about horses
and giraffes
- He was told off for playing with his penis - phallic stage
- He didn't want his dad around (jealousy) and was jealous of his
younger sister getting his mothers attention
= Hans was cured of his phobia of horses by looking into his
unconscious and realising the jealousy of his dad
