Edexcel A Level Psychology Paper 2 June 2017 question paper 9PS0/02

Tanya has been diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Describe the symptoms of schizophrenia that Tanya may be experiencing.

Compare two explanations of schizophrenia.

Philip is a psychology student. His friend has just been diagnosed with a mental health disorder using a classification system, such as the DSM or ICD. Philip is concerned about the reliability of the diagnosis following his lessons in psychology.

Explain whether Philip should be concerned about the reliability of his friend’s diagnosis.

A group of psychiatrists conducted research with patients experiencing depression. They asked the patients to rate their mood every day over a month, using a scale where 1 was extremely happy and 10 was extremely unhappy.

The results for patients with depression are in Table 1 below.

Calculate the measures of central tendency for the data in Table 1 and complete Table 1 with your answers.

A group of patients without depression were asked to rate their mood every day over a month to act as a control group.

The psychiatrists calculated the standard deviation for the mood score for patients with depression. The psychiatrists found a standard deviation of 1.43 for the mood score for the patients with depression.

The psychiatrists found a standard deviation of 3.46 for the mood score of patients without depression.

Interpret what the two standard deviations tell us about the results.

Interviews are one research method used within clinical psychology.

Evaluate the use of interviews within clinical psychology.

Rachel is concerned that her friend, Alice, may have a mental disorder. Alice has started to talk to herself in public. She has also stopped going out with her friends to avoid other people looking at her and embarrassing her friends.

Alice will only eat white food, and she refuses to go out in the day light because she feels it will cause her to catch fire. She has started to think that she has supernatural powers, such as being able to turn into a bat.

Discuss the diagnosis of mental disorders in terms of deviance and dysfunction. You must make reference to the context in your answer.

Evaluate a contemporary study on a disorder other than schizophrenia.

Benito carried out some research into the effects of anger management treatment with offenders. He recorded the number of aggressive acts offenders displayed. The offenders who had anger management treatment had a mean score of 3.4 aggressive acts. The offenders who did not have anger management treatment had a mean score of 7.9 aggressive acts.

State which statistical test Benito would use to analyse his data.

State three reasons why Benito would use the statistical test you identified in (i).

Benito used a random sample.

Describe how he would have selected his sample.

There are many biological explanations for crime and anti-social behaviour.

Describe XYY syndrome as an explanation of crime and anti-social behaviour.

Another explanation of crime and anti-social behaviour is the influence of personality.

Explain one strength of personality as a factor that influences crime and anti-social behaviour.

There are various treatments for offenders using a variety of psychological approaches, including the biological approach.

Evaluate one biological treatment for offenders.

You will have learnt about a key question from criminological psychology that is relevant to today’s society.

Assess the key question from criminological psychology.

Benito carried out some research into the effects of day care on children’s behaviour. He recorded the number of aggressive acts children displayed. The children who attended full-time day care had a mean score of 3.4 aggressive acts. The children who did not attend full-time day care had a mean score of 7.9 aggressive acts.

State which statistical test Benito would use to analyse his data.

State three reasons why Benito would use the statistical test you identified in (i).

Benito used a random sample.

Describe how he would have selected his sample.

Charlie has just received a diagnosis of autism.

Describe the features of autism.

There are several explanations for autism. One is the biological explanation.

Explain one weakness of one biological explanation of autism.

There has been a lot of research carried out on the effects of privation.

Evaluate research into privation.

You will have learnt about a key question from child psychology that is relevant to today’s society.

Assess the key question from child psychology.

Benito carried out some research into the effects of an advertising campaign about healthy living. He recorded the number of times people exercised each week. The people who had viewed the campaign had a mean score of 7.9 exercise sessions. The people who had not viewed the campaign had a mean score of 3.4 exercise sessions.

State which statistical test Benito would use to analyse his data.

State three reasons why Benito would use the statistical test you identified in (i).

Benito used a random sample.

Describe how he would have selected his sample.

Ben is addicted to heroin. His parents want to find out about the causes of heroin addiction.

Describe one biological explanation for heroin addiction.

Explain one weakness of one biological explanation for heroin addiction.

There are several treatments for heroin addiction.

Evaluate one treatment for heroin addiction.

You will have learnt about a key question from health psychology that is relevant to today’s society.

Assess the key question from health psychology.