OCR A Level Psychology Applied psychology June 2019 question paper H567/03

Outline one way of categorising mental disorders.

When people feel unwell, they often consult the website of the National Health Service (NHS). The way illnesses are described on the NHS website needs to be extremely clear.

Describe the characteristics of an affective disorder in a way that could be included on the NHS

website.

Explain how the key research by Gottesman et al. (2010) contributes to the medical model of

mental illness.

Assess the usefulness of the key research by Szasz (2011).

Compare the behaviourist explanation of mental illness with either the humanistic or the

psychodynamic or the cognitive neuroscience explanation of mental illness.

Discuss ethical considerations concerning the biological treatment of one specific disorder.

OPTION 1

Child psychology

* Explain how the key research by Ainsworth and Bell (1970) could be used to help parents of

young children.

* Discuss sampling bias in research into the development of attachment.

* Alice is the manager of a nursery school for children aged from 3 months up to 5 years. She wants to ensure that children joining the nursery are comfortable with the staff who are caring for them.

What advice might a psychologist give Alice about how to ensure that her nursery is an

attachment friendly environment?

OPTION 2

Criminal psychology

* Use the key research by Haney et al. (1973) to explain how prison can affect prisoners.

* Discuss whether research relating to the effects of imprisonment is ethnocentric.

* Lola is the governor of a prison. She is concerned that too many of the inmates released from her prison go on to reoffend.

What advice might a psychologist give Lola about how to reduce reoffending by inmates

released from her prison?

OPTION 3

Environmental psychology

* Explain how the key research by Drews and Doig (2014) could be used to help nurses working

in hospitals.

* Discuss the reliability of research into ergonomics (human factors).

* Ranjit is setting up a call centre to deal with customer queries. He wants staff to be able to give their full attention to the calls they are handling.

What advice might a psychologist give Ranjit about how to apply ergonomic research to the

design of this new workplace?

OPTION 4

Sport and exercise psychology

* Use the key research by Lewis et al. (2014) to explain the positive benefits of dance on mental

health.

* Discuss the social sensitivity of conducting research into exercise and mental health.

* Andy is the manager of a large company. He is concerned about the mental health of his staff.

What might a psychologist suggest to Andy about an exercise strategy to improve the mental

health of his workers?