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INTERNATIONAL AS
PSYCHOLOGY
Unit 1: Introductory Topics in Psychology
Friday 24 May 2019 07:00 GMT Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
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• The maximum mark for this paper is 90.
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Section A: Memory box
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
Only one answer per question is allowed.
For each answer completely fill in the circle alongside the appropriate answer.
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0 1 A school teacher asked her students about their last family holiday.
Amir described all the activities he did and all of the people that he met.
Jane told her teacher some of the foreign words she had learned and their meanings.
David showed his teacher how he had learned to ride a bike on his holiday.
Outline and explain the type of long-term memory used by each student.
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Amir
Jane
David
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0 2 Discuss one strength and one limitation of the cognitive interview. box
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0 3 Which one of the following is a component of the working memory model? box
Shade one box only.
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A Episodic buffer
B Episodic memory
C Sensory register
D Short-term memory
0 4 Outline the central executive in the working memory model. Explain how the central
executive might be involved when trying to listen to a story being read aloud and have
a conversation at the same time.
[6 marks]
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0 5 Briefly explain one limitation of the central executive in the working memory model.
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0 6 Describe the multi-store model of memory. box
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0 7 Ellie is revising for her psychology examination next week but is finding it difficult to box
remember the information. She wants to make sure it is safely stored in her long-term
memory.
Using your knowledge of coding in long-term memory, explain what Ellie could do to
help her remember the information.
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0 8 Describe internalisation as a type of conformity.
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0 9 Jenny wants to go out for food, but her friends want to stay in and cook. When her
friends ask Jenny what she wants to do, she says she wants to stay in and cook.
Explain how compliance may have influenced Jenny’s decision to stay in and cook.
[3 marks]
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1 0 Outline findings of Asch’s investigation into the effect of group size on conformity. box
[3 marks]
1 1 A researcher decided to investigate the effect of task difficulty on conformity. In the
study, three confederates (friends of the researcher) were asked to say out loud the
wrong answers to maths problems before the participant answered.
Briefly explain how the researcher could test the effect of task difficulty on the
participant’s conformity.
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1 2 Evaluate at least one explanation for conformity. box
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1 3 Describe and evaluate Milgram’s research into one or more situational variable(s) box
affecting obedience.
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Section C: Psychopathology box
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
1 4 Chen is struggling to concentrate at work. He is constantly tired, but finds it difficult to
sleep. When he is questioned about his feelings, he reports feeling empty and hating
himself for feeling this way.
Outline three defining characteristics of depression. Refer to Chen in your answer.
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1 5 Briefly outline Beck’s negative triad as an explanation of depression.
[2 marks]
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1 6 Briefly explain one limitation of Beck’s negative triad as an explanation of depression. box
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1 7 Describe and evaluate at least two definitions of abnormality.
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