Edexcel A Level Psychology Paper 2 November 2021 question paper 9PS0/02

Describe how the ICD is used as a classification system for mental health.

Explain one strength of using the ICD as a classification system for mental health.

Motsi carried out an investigation to see if culture had an influence on the treatments people accessed for their mental health disorders.

She studied people in the UK and people in Japan who had a mental health disorder. She aimed to see if people from the UK were more likely to use a psychological treatment compared to people from Japan.

Motsi used a volunteer sampling technique for her investigation.

Describe how Motsi may have gathered her volunteer sample.

Explain one reason why a random sample of participants may be better than a volunteer sample of participants for Motsi’s investigation.

Motsi used an unstructured interview to ask her participants about any treatment they were receiving for their mental health disorder.

Explain one weakness of Motsi using an unstructured interview for her investigation.

Rodney carried out an investigation to see whether two different mental health disorders influenced the ability to complete domestic tasks, such as being able to cook.

The ability to complete domestic tasks was measured using a questionnaire, which was scored from 0 (very poor at completing domestic tasks) to 32 (excellent at completing domestic tasks).

State a fully operationalised non-directional (two-tailed) alternate hypothesis for Rodney’s investigation.

The results for the participants who had a mental health disorder are shown in Table 1.

Calculate the standard deviation for the participants who had one mental health disorder using the data in Table 1. Show your working and give your answer to one decimal place.

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During your studies of clinical psychology, you will have carried out a practical investigation.

Evaluate your practical investigation for clinical psychology.

5 Émile has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. She sees ghosts when she is in a room on her own, and thinks that the government is spying on her through her mobile phone. Émile has stopped going out with her friends, and people say that her voice is very dull with no expression of emotion.

In the past Émile has been resistant to some biological treatments because she has been worried that the psychiatrist is trying to control her thoughts. However, Émile’s current psychiatrist feels that a biological treatment will be the most beneficial.

Discuss one biological treatment that Émile’s psychiatrist could use with her.

You must make reference to the context in your answer.

Assess one non-biological theory/explanation for schizophrenia.

You will have learned about one of the following contemporary studies in criminological psychology.

• Bradbury and Williams (2013)

• Valentine and Mesout (2009)

• Howells et al. (2005)

State two findings of your chosen contemporary study.

Chosen study

Explain one strength of your chosen contemporary study in terms of reliability.

Noah is investigating a new treatment for offenders.

He decided to conduct a case study on one offender from his local prison. Before Noah conducted his case study, he carried out a risk management.

Describe the risk management Noah would have had to carry out for his case study.

Noah used a variety of research methods within his case study including an experiment comparing the behaviour of the offender before the new treatment and after the new treatment.

Identify the experimental/research design Noah used in the experiment.

For his case study Noah gathered qualitative and quantitative data.

Explain one reason why qualitative data may be better than quantitative data when researching criminological psychology.

Explain one weakness of Noah’s investigation into the new treatment for offenders.

Peter is 17 years old and has just been arrested for arguing in the street and refusing to go home. His family is well known to the police. Peter’s mother has been arrested for being drunk in public and his older brother has been arrested for fighting.

Peter lives in an area that has a bad reputation, which means he finds it hard to get a job.

In a sporting accident, a few years ago, Peter banged his head and since then his family have noticed that he has become more aggressive.

Discuss how Peter’s development may have affected his anti-social behaviour.

You must make reference to the context in your answer.

Detective Inspector Leeming is in charge of leading an investigation into a major crime. As part of the investigation she and another police officer have to interview a suspect. The suspect is under 16 years of age.

Detective Inspector Leeming is upset by the details of the crime. The interview is going to take place in two weeks’ time and will be recorded. There has been no video footage of the incident found as yet.

Ethical interview techniques are going to be used during the interview.

Evaluate ethical interview techniques as they will be used by Detective Inspector Leeming.

You must make reference to the context in your answer.

You will have learned about one of the following contemporary studies in child psychology.

• Cassibba et al (2013)

• Gagnon-Oosterwall et al. (2012)

• Li et al. (2013)

State two findings of your chosen contemporary study.

Chosen study

Explain one strength of your chosen contemporary study in terms of reliability.

Noah is investigating the influence of day care on children.

He decided to conduct an observation on one child from his local nursery. Before Noah conducted his observation, he had to consider issues around the participation and protection of the child.

Describe the issues around the participation and protection of the child that Noah would have to consider for his observation.

Noah carried out an experiment where he watched the behaviour of the child before they went to day care and then watched the behaviour of the same child after they had been in day care for two months.

Identify the experimental/research design Noah used in the experiment.

For his observation Noah gathered qualitative and quantitative data.

Explain one reason why qualitative data may be better than quantitative data when researching child psychology.

Explain one weakness of Noah’s investigation into the influence of day care for children.

Peter is 6 years old. His teachers have noticed that he has problems with communicating and interacting with other children and finds it hard to engage in imaginative play.

Peter was cared for by his mother full time before he went to school, as his parents decided that this would be better for him. However, she found it hard work at times so sometimes left him to cry for a few minutes.

When he was 2 years old Peter had to go into hospital for a week. His mother visited as often as she could but could not stay with him all the time.

Discuss how Peter’s development may have affected his behaviour.

You must make reference to the context in your answer.

Mrs Leeming is in charge of a local nursery that looks after children aged from 6 months old to 5 years old. During her work she has noticed that different children have different reactions to their mothers when they are picked up from nursery to go home.

She has noticed that some children are happy to see their mothers at the end of the day. Other children do not seem happy to see their mothers, carry on playing, and run away. Mrs Leeming has also noticed that the mothers interact with their children differently.

Evaluate Ainsworth’s types of attachment in relation to the children at the nursery.

You must make reference to the context in your answer.

You will have learned about one of the following contemporary studies in health psychology.

• Mundt et al.(2012)

• Dixit et al. (2012)

• Pengpid et al. (2012)

State two findings of your chosen contemporary study.

Chosen study

Explain one strength of your chosen contemporary study in terms of reliability.

Noah is investigating the influence of a new drug treatment for heroin addicts.

He decided to conduct an experiment on rats. Before Noah conducted his experiment, he had to consider the ethics of using rats to study drug treatments.

Describe the ethical issues that Noah would have had to consider when conducting his experiment.

Later, Noah carried out an experiment on the effects of the new drug treatment for human heroin addicts using one human heroin addict.

He compared the behaviour of the heroin addict before they had the new drug treatment and after they had the new drug treatment.

Identify the experimental/research design Noah used in the experiment.

For his experiment Noah gathered qualitative and quantitative data.

Explain one reason why qualitative data may be better than quantitative data when researching drug treatments.

Explain one weakness of Noah’s investigation using the human heroin addict.

Peter is 17 years old and has just been diagnosed with alcohol addiction. His mother is also addicted to alcohol. She drinks alcohol from the moment she gets up in the morning and throughout the rest of the day.

Peter started to drink alcohol at the age of 13 in order to fit in with his group of friends, who also drink alcohol.

When at parties Peter finds that alcohol makes him feel more confident and he finds it easier to talk to other people. He now wants to drink alcohol every time he goes to a party.

Discuss how Peter’s development may have affected his addiction.

You must make reference to the context in your answer.

Mr Leeming works at a local doctor’s surgery. One of his responsibilities is to reduce the number of people in the local area who are addicted to nicotine. In order to do this, he offers help and advice to those addicted to nicotine as well as treatments.

Mr Leeming has recently hired a therapist who is qualified to administer aversion therapy, and he has decided to offer this to a small group of people who are addicted to nicotine to see if it is effective.

Evaluate aversion therapy in relation to the small group of nicotine addicts.

You must make reference to the context in your answer.