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AQA Psychology A-Level Paper 2
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Wilhelm Wundt
Ans: - First Psychologist
- First Lab in Germany
- Experimental Conditions
- Structuralism and Introspection
Introspection
Ans: Person Gains knowledge about their mental state by examining their
conscious thoughts and feelings
Empiricism
Ans: Knowledge is derived from sensory experience, characterised by the
use of the scientific method
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Scientific Method
Ans: The investigative methods that are:
- Objective
- Systematic
- Reliable
Evaluation of Wundt
Ans: - methods were unreliable as it relied on non-observable
- Introspection is not accurate because people are often unaware of are
behaviours
Evaluation of the Scientific Approach
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Ans: - its objective and systematic
- Rely on determinism
- Self corrective
- Create non-naturalistic environments
- Human behaviour is not always observable to the rules of science
Classical Conditioning
Ans: Pavlov - When a neutral stimulus is consistently paired with an
unconditional stimulus so that it takes on the properties on the stimulus
and is able to produced a conditioned response
Classical Conditioning steps
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Ans: UCS -> UCR
NS -> No Response
UCS+NS -> UCR
CS -> CR
Features of CC
Ans: - If time interval is too great between conditioning it does not work
- CR will become extinct in the absence of the UCS after a while
- If extinct and paired again they pair more quickly (Spontaneous
Recovery)
- Stimulus generalisation, CR is created to things similar to CS
Operant Conditioning
AQA Psychology A-Level Paper 2
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
Wilhelm Wundt
Ans: - First Psychologist
- First Lab in Germany
- Experimental Conditions
- Structuralism and Introspection
Introspection
Ans: Person Gains knowledge about their mental state by examining their
conscious thoughts and feelings
Empiricism
Ans: Knowledge is derived from sensory experience, characterised by the
use of the scientific method
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Scientific Method
Ans: The investigative methods that are:
- Objective
- Systematic
- Reliable
Evaluation of Wundt
Ans: - methods were unreliable as it relied on non-observable
- Introspection is not accurate because people are often unaware of are
behaviours
Evaluation of the Scientific Approach
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Ans: - its objective and systematic
- Rely on determinism
- Self corrective
- Create non-naturalistic environments
- Human behaviour is not always observable to the rules of science
Classical Conditioning
Ans: Pavlov - When a neutral stimulus is consistently paired with an
unconditional stimulus so that it takes on the properties on the stimulus
and is able to produced a conditioned response
Classical Conditioning steps
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Ans: UCS -> UCR
NS -> No Response
UCS+NS -> UCR
CS -> CR
Features of CC
Ans: - If time interval is too great between conditioning it does not work
- CR will become extinct in the absence of the UCS after a while
- If extinct and paired again they pair more quickly (Spontaneous
Recovery)
- Stimulus generalisation, CR is created to things similar to CS
Operant Conditioning
