AQA A Level Psychology Paper 2: Psychology in Context Mark Scheme

Questions Section 1: Approaches Question 1 Application question on Alzheimer's disease John s father has been diagnosed with Alzheimer s disease, john ‟ ‟ wishes to have his genome sequenced to see if he will also develop it. It is not 100% caused by genetics Explain why John s genotype ‟ will not show whether he will suffer from Alzheimer's disease (4 Marks) Question 2 Describe the psychodynamic structure of the personality (4 Marks) Question 3 Application question on Tatiana. Describe and evaluate the humanistic approach. Refer to Tatiana s ‟ behaviour in your answer (16 Marks) Question 4 Describe the process of synaptic transmission (4 Marks) Question 5 Lotta s grandmother suffered a stroke in the left hemisphere and ‟ damaged Broca's area and the motor cortex. Explain what Lotta s grandmother is likely to suffer from ‟ (4 Marks) Question 6 Lotta worries that because of her grandmother s age, she is unlikely to ‟ recover fully. Use your knowledge of plasticity and functional recovery to explain why Lotta might be wrong. (4 Marks) Question 7 A researcher used a questionnaire to investigate the effectiveness of physiotherapy patients who had suffered a stroke. What is the disadvantage of using quantitative data for this study (2 marks) Question 7a Section 2: Biopsychology AQA A-Level June 2022 Psychology Paper 2 Psychology In Context Mark Scheme Write one question which would return quantitative data and one which would return qualitative (2 Marks) Question 8 Describe and evaluate one or more way of studying the brain (8 Marks) Section 3: Research Methods Question 9a What type of experiment is used? (1 mark) ● Laboratory ● Natural ● Quasi ● Research