OCR PSYCHOLOGY G542 core studies May 2012

A similarity by the study conducted by Bandura, Ross and Ross and the study conducted by Samuel and Bryant is that they both focus on the behaviour and development of children. Samuel and Bryant’s study shows that, as children grow older (specifically from the age range of 5 years 3 months – 8 years 3 months), their conservational skills develop, and it was found that there are fewer errors made as children “conserve”. Similarly, the study conducted by Bandura, Ross and Ross also focuses on children. 72 children were selected from Stanford University preschool, with the childrens’ ages ranging from 37 months – 69 months, with a mean age of 52. The study aimed to investigate the effects of a varying (a) sex of child (b) sex of model and (c) aggressive/non-aggressive model on the behaviour of the children

A difference between the two studies is the initial aims of the investigations. Samuel and Bryant instigated their research to investigate whether or not Piaget’s original research method of asking the same question twice when investigating children’s abilities to conserve was valid. Contrastingly, Bandura, Ross and Ross aimed to investigate the imitation of aggression from models to children, based on the principles of Social Learning Theory.

Yep you're right that is what came up on the jan 2012 paper.

With reference to Thigpen and Cleckley's study of the three faces of Eve, describe how the Individual Differences approach could explain multiple personality disorder (4).


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Adjacent area early = the model sat in the adjacent area and intervened after passing the fourth station (approx. 70 seconds after the collapse)

Adjacent area late = the model sat in the adjacent area and intervened after passing the sixth station (approx. 150 seconds after the collapse)

Critical area early = the model sat in the critical area and intervened after passing the fourth station (approx. 70 seconds after the collapse)

Critical area late = the model sat in the critical area and intervened after passing the sixth station (approx. 150 seconds after the collapse)

Well they group up the Section B studies on how similar they are, and as maguire hasn't come up before, it seems like it must come up, so 2 others which are similar which have come up once may come up.

Also, yes including jan 2012, our teacher gave us a pack of all the papers including jan 2012 and I'm just going through all the questions for each study

I was looking for jan 2012 mark scheme but can't find anything on the internet. How did you answer section a question 2 and 8 in jan 2012?

I was looking for jan 2012 mark scheme but can't find anything on the internet. How did you answer section a question 2 and 8 in jan 2012?

Is knowing the background of the study very important? I keep looking at past papers and it doesn't tend to come up so is it useless revising them?

i am absolutely dreading this exam tomorrow i still have so much to revise and looked at the jan 2012 paper and i couldn't answer any question! I am so gonna fail

could you send me the jan 2012 paper please?

I was looking for jan 2012 mark scheme but can't find anything on the internet. How did you answer section a question 2 and 8 in jan 2012?