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AQA A LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY PAPER 2 June 2024 Exam Questions and Answers
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AQA A LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY PAPER2 June 2024 Exam
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Give one reason why schema's are useful? - Answer>> When
we're in unknown situations schemas help us know how to
behave. So when we do not know what to do our schema fills in
the gaps for us and allow us to process situations better.
Give one reason why schema's are not useful? - Answer>>
schemas may exclude information which doesn't conform to our
prior expectations. As a result, we may form stereotypes which
are difficult to shift, even if new,disputing information is presented.
This means we may not be processing the world around us
accurately and may misjudge or represent a person or situation.
Discuss the defense mechanism shown by Jed? - Answer>>
Displacement is when we redirect our hostile feelings onto
something else because it is not appropriate to express their
feeling towards the person or object in question. Jed can't take his
frustration out on his teacher, who issued the detention and he
displaced his feelings by kicking the locker.
Outline the key features of the behaviourist approach. Compare to
the biological approach,
(A01 Behaviourist) - Answer>> The behaviourist approach
suggests that the basic processes that govern learning in all
species are the same. We learn through two concepts: operant
conditioning and classical conditioning.
Outline the key features of the behaviourist approach. Compare to
the biological approach, (classical conditioning) - Answer>>
The idea of classical conditioning was developed by Pavlov who
, found that we learn through association. He found that it was
possible to condition dogs to associate the sound of a bell with
food. This resulted in the dogs producing a salivation response at
the sound of a bell even when no food was present. Pavlov
demonstrated that repeated exposure to an event leads to a
learned and uncontrollable behaviour.
Outline the key features of the behaviourist approach. Compare to
the biological approach, (operant conditioning) - Answer>>
Skinner suggested behaviour resulted from learning through the
consequences of our actions. He conducted research into operant
conditioning theory using rats, and found that three types of
consequences will affect behaviour: positive reinforcement
involves rewarding a behaviour, which increases it being
repeated; negative reinforcement involves removing an
unpleasant outcome to increase it being repeated; punishment
involves adding an unpleasant outcome,reducing the behaviour.
Outline the key features of the behaviourist approach. Compare to
the biological approach, (similarity to biological) - Answer>>
Both the behaviourist approach and biological approach share a
similarity in being determinist. Both ignore the influence that the
person can have and whether they have free will and can make
their own choices in these decisions.
Outline the key features of the behaviourist approach. Compare to
the biological approach, (difference) - Answer>> However, they
differ in that the behaviourist approach is environmentally
determinist while the biological approach is biologically
determinist. Stating that behaviour is the product of internal
biological factors (e.g. genes, hormones, neurotransmitters, etc.)
while behaviourists argue that behaviour is determined by the
environment and is a product of stimulus-response associations
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