AQA A Level Psychology Paper 3: Issues and Options in Psychology June 2025 examiner report (7182/3)

2h 96 marks

Examiner report

Q1 - 4 marks - Free will and determinism
Q2 - 2 marks - Descriptive statistics and data display
Q3 - 2 marks - Descriptive statistics and data display
Q4 - 4 marks - Descriptive statistics and data display, Inferential testing, Research methods: experiments, observations, self-report, correlations
Q5 - 4 marks - Gender and culture bias
Q6 - 8 marks - Idiographic and nomothetic approaches
Q7 - 4 marks - Theories of romantic relationships and breakdown
Q8 - 4 marks - Virtual relationships in social media
Q9 - 16 marks - Attraction in romantic relationships
Q10 - 4 marks
Q11 - 4 marks - Sex, gender and androgyny
Q12 - 16 marks - Cognitive explanations of gender development
Q13 - 4 marks - Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development
Q14 - 4 marks - The development of social cognition
Q15 - 16 marks - Piaget's theory of cognitive development
Q16 - 8 marks - Treating and managing schizophrenia
Q17 - 16 marks
Q18 - 8 marks - Explanations for obesity and dieting
Q19 - 16 marks
Q20 - 8 marks - Managing and coping with stress
Q21 - 16 marks
Q22 - 1 mark - Media influences on aggression
Q23 - 1 mark - Media influences on aggression
Q24 - 2 marks - Ethological and evolutionary explanations of aggression
Q25 - 4 marks - Ethological and evolutionary explanations of aggression
Q26 - 16 marks - Institutional aggression in prisons
Q27 - 1 mark
Q28 - 1 mark - Psychological explanations of offending
Q29 - 2 marks - Dealing with offending behaviour
Q30 - 4 marks - Dealing with offending behaviour
Q31 - 16 marks - Psychological explanations of offending
Q32 - 1 mark - Explanations for nicotine addiction
Q33 - 1 mark - Explanations for nicotine addiction
Q34 - 2 marks
Q35 - 4 marks
Q36 - 16 marks - Reducing addiction