AQA PSYCHOLOGY A LEVEL BIOPSYCHOLOGY ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATES 2026-2027 (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
Localisation of function - ANSWERS-Theory that states that different areas of the brain are
responsible for different behaviours, processes or activities.
Motor area - ANSWERS-Back of frontal lobe, involved in regulating movement.
Somatosensory area - ANSWERS-Front of both parietal lobes, processes sensory information
such as touch.
Parts of the brain: Visual area. - ANSWERS-Occipital lobe, receives and processes visual
information.
Parts of the brain: Auditory area. - ANSWERS-Temporal lobe, analyses speech-based
information.
Parts of the brain: Language areas. - ANSWERS-Broca's area, frontal lobe in the left hemisphere
= speech production.
Wernicke's area, temporal lobe in the left hemisphere = language comprehension.
Define plasticity. - ANSWERS-Brain's tendency to change and adapt (functionally and physically)
as a result of experience and new learning.
, What five things must be used to evaluate localisation of function? - ANSWERS-Brain scan
evidence, neurological evidence, case study evidence, Lashley's research and plasticity and the
equipotentiality theory.
Synaptic pruning. - ANSWERS-As we age, rarely used connections are deleted and frequently
used connections are strengthened.
Axonal sprouting. - ANSWERS-Undamaged axons grow new nerve endings to reconnect neurons
whose links were injured or severed.
Recruitment of homologous areas. - ANSWERS-Regions on opposite sides of the brain take on
functions of damaged areas.
Functional recovery. - ANSWERS-Form of plasticity. Following damage through trauma, the
brain's ability to redistribute/transfer functions performed by damaged areas to other,
undamaged areas.
Neural plasticity. - ANSWERS-Describes the brain's tendency to change and adapt - functionally
and physically - resulting from experience and new learning.
What is the central nervous system (CNS)? - ANSWERS-Consists of brain and spinal cord; origin
of all complex commands and decisions.
What is the peripheral nervous system (PNS)? - ANSWERS-Sends info to CNS from outside
world, transmitting messages from CNS to muscles and bodily glands.
Define hemispheric lateralisation. - ANSWERS-Certain mental processes and behaviours are
controlled or dominated by one hemisphere rather than the other (as in the example of
language).
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATES 2026-2027 (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+
Localisation of function - ANSWERS-Theory that states that different areas of the brain are
responsible for different behaviours, processes or activities.
Motor area - ANSWERS-Back of frontal lobe, involved in regulating movement.
Somatosensory area - ANSWERS-Front of both parietal lobes, processes sensory information
such as touch.
Parts of the brain: Visual area. - ANSWERS-Occipital lobe, receives and processes visual
information.
Parts of the brain: Auditory area. - ANSWERS-Temporal lobe, analyses speech-based
information.
Parts of the brain: Language areas. - ANSWERS-Broca's area, frontal lobe in the left hemisphere
= speech production.
Wernicke's area, temporal lobe in the left hemisphere = language comprehension.
Define plasticity. - ANSWERS-Brain's tendency to change and adapt (functionally and physically)
as a result of experience and new learning.
, What five things must be used to evaluate localisation of function? - ANSWERS-Brain scan
evidence, neurological evidence, case study evidence, Lashley's research and plasticity and the
equipotentiality theory.
Synaptic pruning. - ANSWERS-As we age, rarely used connections are deleted and frequently
used connections are strengthened.
Axonal sprouting. - ANSWERS-Undamaged axons grow new nerve endings to reconnect neurons
whose links were injured or severed.
Recruitment of homologous areas. - ANSWERS-Regions on opposite sides of the brain take on
functions of damaged areas.
Functional recovery. - ANSWERS-Form of plasticity. Following damage through trauma, the
brain's ability to redistribute/transfer functions performed by damaged areas to other,
undamaged areas.
Neural plasticity. - ANSWERS-Describes the brain's tendency to change and adapt - functionally
and physically - resulting from experience and new learning.
What is the central nervous system (CNS)? - ANSWERS-Consists of brain and spinal cord; origin
of all complex commands and decisions.
What is the peripheral nervous system (PNS)? - ANSWERS-Sends info to CNS from outside
world, transmitting messages from CNS to muscles and bodily glands.
Define hemispheric lateralisation. - ANSWERS-Certain mental processes and behaviours are
controlled or dominated by one hemisphere rather than the other (as in the example of
language).
