AQA A Level Psychology Paper 2: Psychology in Context Mark Scheme
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Course
AQA A Level Psychology
Institution
AQA A Level Psychology
Questions
Section 1: Approaches
Question 1
Application question on Alzheimer's disease
John s father has been diagnosed with Alzheimer s disease, john ‟ ‟
wishes to have his genome sequenced to see if he will also develop it.
It is not 100% caused by genetics
Explain why John s genotype ...
AQA A Level Psychology Paper 2: Psychology in
Context Mark Scheme
Questions
Section 1: Approaches
Question 1
Application question on Alzheimer's disease
John‟s father has been diagnosed with Alzheimer‟s disease, john
wishes to have his genome sequenced to see if he will also develop it.
It is not 100% caused by genetics
Explain why John‟s genotypewill not show whether he will suffer
from Alzheimer's disease (4 Marks)
Question 2
Describe the psychodynamic structure of the personality (4 Marks)
Question 3
Application question on Tatiana.
Describe and evaluate the humanistic approach. Refer to Tatiana‟s
behaviour in your answer (16 Marks)
, Section 2: Biopsychology
Question 4
Describe the process of synaptic transmission (4 Marks)
Question 5
Lotta‟s grandmother suffered a stroke in the left hemisphere and
damaged Broca's area and the motor cortex.
Explain what Lotta‟s grandmother is likely to suffer from (4 Marks)
Question 6
Lotta worries that because of her grandmother‟s age, she is unlikely to
recover fully.
Use your knowledge of plasticity and functional recovery to explain
why Lotta might be wrong. (4 Marks)
Question 7
A researcher used a questionnaire to investigate the effectiveness of
physiotherapy patients who had suffered a stroke.
What is the disadvantage of using quantitative data for this study(2
marks)
Question 7a
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