AQA Past Exam Papers and Practice Questions – GCSE
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and A-Level Subject Review, Mark Schemes, and Revision
Strategies
Description:
This document provides a collection of AQA exam-style practice questions and past
paper resources. It includes structured problems with solutions, covering key
assessment areas tested in both GCSE and A-Level. Students can use this material
to strengthen exam technique, revise subject content, and familiarize themselves
with common question formats. Verified and updated, it serves as a comprehensive
preparation aid for success in AQA examinations.
Give one reason why schema's are useful? - answer✔✔When we're in unknown
situations schemas help us know how to behave. So when we do not know what to
do our schema fills in the gaps for us and allow us to process situations better. Give
one reason why schema's are not useful? - answer✔✔schemas may exclude
information which doesn't conform to our prior expectations. As a result, we may
form stereotypes which are difficult to shift, even if new,disputing information is
presented. This means we may not be processing the world around us accurately and
, may misjudge or represent a person or situation. Discuss the defense mechanism
shown by Jed? - answer✔✔Displacement is when we redirect our hostile feelings
onto something else because it is not appropriate to express their feeling towards
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the person or object in question. Jed can't take his frustration out on his teacher,
who issued the detention and he displaced his feelings by kicking the locker. Outline
the key features of the behaviourist approach. Compare to the biological approach,
(A01 Behaviourist) - answer✔✔The behaviourist approach suggests that the basic
processes that govern learning in all species are the same. We learn through two
concepts: operant conditioning and classical conditioning. Outline the key features of
the behaviourist approach. Compare to the biological approach, (classical
conditioning) - answer✔✔The idea of classical conditioning was developed by
Pavlov who found that we learn through association. He found that it was possible to
condition dogs to associate the sound of a bell with food. This resulted in the dogs
producing a salivation response at the sound of a bell even when no food was
present. Pavlov demonstrated that repeated exposure to an event leads to a learned
and uncontrollable behaviour. Outline the key features of the behaviourist approach.
Compare to the biological approach, (operant conditioning) - answer✔✔Skinner
suggested behaviour resulted from learning through the consequences of our
actions. He conducted research into operant conditioning theory using rats, and
found that three types of consequences will affect behaviour: positive reinforcement
involves rewarding a behaviour, which increases it being repeated; negative
reinforcement involves removing an unpleasant outcome to increase it being
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and A-Level Subject Review, Mark Schemes, and Revision
Strategies
Description:
This document provides a collection of AQA exam-style practice questions and past
paper resources. It includes structured problems with solutions, covering key
assessment areas tested in both GCSE and A-Level. Students can use this material
to strengthen exam technique, revise subject content, and familiarize themselves
with common question formats. Verified and updated, it serves as a comprehensive
preparation aid for success in AQA examinations.
Give one reason why schema's are useful? - answer✔✔When we're in unknown
situations schemas help us know how to behave. So when we do not know what to
do our schema fills in the gaps for us and allow us to process situations better. Give
one reason why schema's are not useful? - answer✔✔schemas may exclude
information which doesn't conform to our prior expectations. As a result, we may
form stereotypes which are difficult to shift, even if new,disputing information is
presented. This means we may not be processing the world around us accurately and
, may misjudge or represent a person or situation. Discuss the defense mechanism
shown by Jed? - answer✔✔Displacement is when we redirect our hostile feelings
onto something else because it is not appropriate to express their feeling towards
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the person or object in question. Jed can't take his frustration out on his teacher,
who issued the detention and he displaced his feelings by kicking the locker. Outline
the key features of the behaviourist approach. Compare to the biological approach,
(A01 Behaviourist) - answer✔✔The behaviourist approach suggests that the basic
processes that govern learning in all species are the same. We learn through two
concepts: operant conditioning and classical conditioning. Outline the key features of
the behaviourist approach. Compare to the biological approach, (classical
conditioning) - answer✔✔The idea of classical conditioning was developed by
Pavlov who found that we learn through association. He found that it was possible to
condition dogs to associate the sound of a bell with food. This resulted in the dogs
producing a salivation response at the sound of a bell even when no food was
present. Pavlov demonstrated that repeated exposure to an event leads to a learned
and uncontrollable behaviour. Outline the key features of the behaviourist approach.
Compare to the biological approach, (operant conditioning) - answer✔✔Skinner
suggested behaviour resulted from learning through the consequences of our
actions. He conducted research into operant conditioning theory using rats, and
found that three types of consequences will affect behaviour: positive reinforcement
involves rewarding a behaviour, which increases it being repeated; negative
reinforcement involves removing an unpleasant outcome to increase it being
