AQA
A-level
PSYCHOLOGY
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Paper 3 Issues and options in psychology
Question Paper + Mark scheme [MERGED]
June 2022
,A-level
PSYCHOLOGY
Paper 3 Issues and options in psychology
Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• an AQA 16-page Answer Book.
You may use a calculator.
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7182/3.
• In Section A, you should answer all questions.
• In Section B, choose one topic. Answer all questions on the topic you choose.
• In Section C, choose one topic. Answer all questions on the topic you choose.
• In Section D, choose one topic. Answer all questions on the topic you choose.
• Do all rough work in your answer 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 96.
• You will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
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Section A
Issues and debates in psychology
Answer all questions in this section.
0 1 Outline what is meant by soft determinism.
[2 marks]
A psychologist investigated the effect of the presence of a friend on mood. She used a
controlled laboratory experiment. She asked a group of participants to rate their
happiness on a scale.
In Condition 1 (Alone Condition), participants completed the scale after sitting alone in a
room for 30 minutes.
In Condition 2 (Friend Condition), the same participants completed the same scale after
sitting for 30 minutes in a room with a friend.
The conditions were counterbalanced.
The psychologist analysed the results of the study using a Wilcoxon test. The analysis
showed that happiness ratings were significantly higher in the Friend Condition.
0 2 Explain two reasons why it was appropriate to use a Wilcoxon test in this situation.
Refer to the description of the study in your answer.
[4 marks]
The psychologist claimed to have demonstrated a causal explanation for happiness.
0 3 What is meant by a causal explanation? Explain why it was appropriate to claim that
there was a causal explanation in this case.
[4 marks]
0 4 Using an example of a research study you have learned about in psychology, outline
what is meant by a nomothetic approach to psychological investigation.
[4 marks]
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0 5 Referring to the example used in your answer to Question 04, briefly explain how
the same behaviour might be studied using an idiographic approach to psychological
investigation.
[2 marks]
There are many examples of socially sensitive research in psychology.
0 6 Outline what social sensitivity means in the context of psychology. Explain how
researchers in psychology could deal with issues related to social sensitivity.
[8 marks]
Turn over for Section B
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A-level
PSYCHOLOGY
7182/3
Paper 3 Issues and options in psychology
Question Paper + Mark scheme [MERGED]
June 2022
,A-level
PSYCHOLOGY
Paper 3 Issues and options in psychology
Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• an AQA 16-page Answer Book.
You may use a calculator.
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7182/3.
• In Section A, you should answer all questions.
• In Section B, choose one topic. Answer all questions on the topic you choose.
• In Section C, choose one topic. Answer all questions on the topic you choose.
• In Section D, choose one topic. Answer all questions on the topic you choose.
• Do all rough work in your answer 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 96.
• You will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
IB/G/June22/E8
7182/3
, 2
Section A
Issues and debates in psychology
Answer all questions in this section.
0 1 Outline what is meant by soft determinism.
[2 marks]
A psychologist investigated the effect of the presence of a friend on mood. She used a
controlled laboratory experiment. She asked a group of participants to rate their
happiness on a scale.
In Condition 1 (Alone Condition), participants completed the scale after sitting alone in a
room for 30 minutes.
In Condition 2 (Friend Condition), the same participants completed the same scale after
sitting for 30 minutes in a room with a friend.
The conditions were counterbalanced.
The psychologist analysed the results of the study using a Wilcoxon test. The analysis
showed that happiness ratings were significantly higher in the Friend Condition.
0 2 Explain two reasons why it was appropriate to use a Wilcoxon test in this situation.
Refer to the description of the study in your answer.
[4 marks]
The psychologist claimed to have demonstrated a causal explanation for happiness.
0 3 What is meant by a causal explanation? Explain why it was appropriate to claim that
there was a causal explanation in this case.
[4 marks]
0 4 Using an example of a research study you have learned about in psychology, outline
what is meant by a nomothetic approach to psychological investigation.
[4 marks]
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0 5 Referring to the example used in your answer to Question 04, briefly explain how
the same behaviour might be studied using an idiographic approach to psychological
investigation.
[2 marks]
There are many examples of socially sensitive research in psychology.
0 6 Outline what social sensitivity means in the context of psychology. Explain how
researchers in psychology could deal with issues related to social sensitivity.
[8 marks]
Turn over for Section B
Turn over ►
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