Practice Paper: AQA A Level Psychology
7182/02 (Paper 2)
Psychology in context: approaches in psychology, biopsychology,
research methods
Question paper
Written by AcePapers
Independent practice paper written for revision. Not an official AQA paper and not
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Time allowed: 2 hours Total: 96 marks
You will need
• A pen, a pencil, a ruler and a calculator.
Instructions
• Answer every question, writing your answers in the lined spaces. You may not
need all of the lines.
• Show your working in calculations.
• Section A (24 marks) and Section B (24 marks): allow about 30 minutes each.
Section C, research methods (48 marks): allow about 60 minutes. Answer all
questions.
• For multiple choice questions, put a cross in the ONE box you think is correct.
• A table of critical values for the sign test is given in Section C.
• The mark for each part is printed in brackets. Plan your time with it.
• All people, scenarios and data in this paper are invented. Names are fictional.
Name: ______________________________________ Date: ________________
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, Section A: Approaches in psychology Answer all questions in this section.
01 Which defence mechanism involves redirecting a feeling such as anger onto a less
threatening target?
☐ A repression
☐ B denial
☐ C displacement
☐ D identification
[1 mark]
02 In humanistic psychology, what are conditions of worth?
☐ A requirements that others place on a person that must be met before they
will give positive regard
☐ B the stages a person passes through on the way to self-actualisation
☐ C the unconscious rules the superego uses to judge behaviour
☐ D the rewards a person receives for behaving in a desired way
[1 mark]
03 Explain the difference between genotype and phenotype.
[2 marks]
04 Leo, aged 9, watches his older cousin, a popular teenager, being praised by
friends for doing tricks on a skateboard. A week later Leo starts practising the
same tricks.
Use social learning theory, including mediational processes, to explain Leo's
behaviour.
[4 marks]
Practice Paper 7182/02 (Paper 2) – Question paper Written by AcePapers | Page 2
, 05 Discuss the psychodynamic approach. Compare it with at least one other
approach in your answer.
[16 marks]
Practice Paper 7182/02 (Paper 2) – Question paper Written by AcePapers | Page 3
7182/02 (Paper 2)
Psychology in context: approaches in psychology, biopsychology,
research methods
Question paper
Written by AcePapers
Independent practice paper written for revision. Not an official AQA paper and not
affiliated with or endorsed by AQA.
Time allowed: 2 hours Total: 96 marks
You will need
• A pen, a pencil, a ruler and a calculator.
Instructions
• Answer every question, writing your answers in the lined spaces. You may not
need all of the lines.
• Show your working in calculations.
• Section A (24 marks) and Section B (24 marks): allow about 30 minutes each.
Section C, research methods (48 marks): allow about 60 minutes. Answer all
questions.
• For multiple choice questions, put a cross in the ONE box you think is correct.
• A table of critical values for the sign test is given in Section C.
• The mark for each part is printed in brackets. Plan your time with it.
• All people, scenarios and data in this paper are invented. Names are fictional.
Name: ______________________________________ Date: ________________
Practice Paper 7182/02 (Paper 2) – Question paper Written by AcePapers | Page 1
, Section A: Approaches in psychology Answer all questions in this section.
01 Which defence mechanism involves redirecting a feeling such as anger onto a less
threatening target?
☐ A repression
☐ B denial
☐ C displacement
☐ D identification
[1 mark]
02 In humanistic psychology, what are conditions of worth?
☐ A requirements that others place on a person that must be met before they
will give positive regard
☐ B the stages a person passes through on the way to self-actualisation
☐ C the unconscious rules the superego uses to judge behaviour
☐ D the rewards a person receives for behaving in a desired way
[1 mark]
03 Explain the difference between genotype and phenotype.
[2 marks]
04 Leo, aged 9, watches his older cousin, a popular teenager, being praised by
friends for doing tricks on a skateboard. A week later Leo starts practising the
same tricks.
Use social learning theory, including mediational processes, to explain Leo's
behaviour.
[4 marks]
Practice Paper 7182/02 (Paper 2) – Question paper Written by AcePapers | Page 2
, 05 Discuss the psychodynamic approach. Compare it with at least one other
approach in your answer.
[16 marks]
Practice Paper 7182/02 (Paper 2) – Question paper Written by AcePapers | Page 3
