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AQA A LEVEL 2025/26
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,A LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY
PAPER 3 – Issues and options in
psychology
Monday 09 June 2025 MORNING
Time allowed: 2 hours
IB/G/Jun25/G4006/V8 7182/3
, SECTION A
Issues and debates in psychology
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION.
01
A researcher tested the musical ability of two groups of children. The parents of
children in Group 1 were professional musicians. The parents of children in Group 2
did not play a musical instrument.
The researcher found that the children in Group 1 had significantly higher musical
ability scores than the children in Group 2
Use your knowledge of two different types of determinism to explain the findings in
Group 1 and Group 2
[4 marks]
One type of determinism that can explain the findings is biological determinism. This
suggests that the higher musical ability in Group 1 may be due to genetic factors inherited
from their parents, who are professional musicians. This implies musical talent is biologically
predetermined.
Another explanation is environmental determinism, which suggests that the children in
Group 1 may have developed better musical ability due to being raised in a musically rich
environment, with exposure to music and instruments at home, which would influence their
development.
02
The researcher also tested the motor (movement) skills of the children in Group 1
using a newly devised test
The measures of central tendency for the motor skills test were as follows Mean 20.5.
Mode = 30, Median = 25.5
Use the measures of central tendency to identify the type of distribution of scores in
the motor skills test. Explain your answer.
[2 marks]
Practice Papers
Past Papers
AQA A LEVEL 2025/26
Helpful for mocks and exam
revision
,A LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY
PAPER 3 – Issues and options in
psychology
Monday 09 June 2025 MORNING
Time allowed: 2 hours
IB/G/Jun25/G4006/V8 7182/3
, SECTION A
Issues and debates in psychology
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION.
01
A researcher tested the musical ability of two groups of children. The parents of
children in Group 1 were professional musicians. The parents of children in Group 2
did not play a musical instrument.
The researcher found that the children in Group 1 had significantly higher musical
ability scores than the children in Group 2
Use your knowledge of two different types of determinism to explain the findings in
Group 1 and Group 2
[4 marks]
One type of determinism that can explain the findings is biological determinism. This
suggests that the higher musical ability in Group 1 may be due to genetic factors inherited
from their parents, who are professional musicians. This implies musical talent is biologically
predetermined.
Another explanation is environmental determinism, which suggests that the children in
Group 1 may have developed better musical ability due to being raised in a musically rich
environment, with exposure to music and instruments at home, which would influence their
development.
02
The researcher also tested the motor (movement) skills of the children in Group 1
using a newly devised test
The measures of central tendency for the motor skills test were as follows Mean 20.5.
Mode = 30, Median = 25.5
Use the measures of central tendency to identify the type of distribution of scores in
the motor skills test. Explain your answer.
[2 marks]
