AQA AS PSYCHOLOGY Paper 1 Introductory topics in psychology May 2023

AQA AS PSYCHOLOGY Paper 1 Introductory topics in psychology Monday 15 May 2023 Afternoon Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes Materials For this paper you may use: • a calculator. Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. • Answer all questions. • You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages. • If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). • Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. Information • The marks for questions are shown in brackets. • The maximum mark for this paper is 72. • You will be assessed on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. IB/G/Jun23/E9 7181/1 Section A Social Influence Answer all questions in this section. outside the box 0 1 Outline informational social influence as an explanation for conformity. [3 marks] Extra space 0 2 A teacher asked her class for a volunteer to talk to future A-level students. The teacher asked Sarah first, but she refused. The teacher then asked Emily to help. Use your knowledge of resistance to social influence to explain Emily’s likely response to the teacher’s request. [3 marks] Extra space A teacher investigated students’ attitudes to the school’s uniform rules. The school consisted of students from Years 7–11, with 100 students in each year. She conducted interviews individually with 10 students. One of the questions in the interview was, ‘How many times have you been ‘told off’ for not following the school’s uniform rules this term?’ The results from this question are shown in Table 1. Table 1 Number of times each student had been ‘told off’ that term Student Number of times ‘told off’ 1 1 2 7 3 2 4 3 5 4 6 5 7 3 8 1 9 25 10 2 . Explain why the median would be a more appropriate measure of central tendency than the mean for the data in Table 1. box [2 marks] Question 3 continues on the next page Turn over ► . Explain how the sample of 10 participants could have been obtained from the students at the school using stratified sampling. box [4 marks] Extra space 0 3 . 3 Investigator effects sometimes occur in interviews. Explain two modifications that would help to minimise investigator effects in this study. [4 marks] Modification 1 Modification 2 Maya wants to encourage the workers in her office to use their own reusable cups at work, rather than the disposable paper cups provided by the company. Explain how Maya might show either commitment or flexibility to persuade the workers to change their behaviour. box [2 marks] Briefly outline three findings from Asch’s research into conformity. [3 marks] Explain one limitation of Asch’s research into conformity. [3 marks] Turn over ► Section B Memory Answer all questions in this section. box Only one answer per question is allowed. For each question completely fill in the circle alongside the appropriate answer. CORRECT METHOD WRONG METHODS If you want to change your answer you must cross out your original answer as shown. If you wish to return to an answer previously crossed out, ring the answer you now wish to select as shown. 0 7 Which one of the following descriptions best describes semantic memory? Shade one box only. [1 mark] A A long-term store for knowledge of the world, not requiring conscious effort to recall. B A long-term store for knowledge of the world, requiring conscious effort to recall. C A long-term store for personal events, not requiring conscious effort to recall. D A long-term store for personal events, requiring conscious effort to recall.