AQA B Psychology PSYB3 & PSYB4

Hi im doing PSYB3 on monday, my teacher hasnt really gave any predictions atal shes just keen on piaget appearing, wbu any predictions?

Anyone taking these exams?

What do you think, easy/hard?

Last year I got a B, 152 UMS and need 84 UMS on each paper to get an A overall, does anyone think this is possible and with how much revision? (84 UMS is about 42-45 raw marks out of 60).

DO YOU THINK THIS REQUIRES MUCH REVISION!!!??

anyone got any predictions for PSYB3 on monday!?

By any chance have u a copy of jan 13 paper?

I have the print out of the questions for the Cognitive, Schizophrenia and Mood disorders and Forensic Psychology sections. Do you do any of them?

Hey nope I do cog development, substance abuse and mood disorders! Anyone got any predictions about those?


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please please can I have those???? DD xx

Yeah sure. What questions are they? Thank u


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Topic: Cognitive Development

05 Briefly describe one study in which Siegler investigated children's problem-solving strategies. In your answer, you should describe the method Siegler used and state what he concluded on the basis on his findings (3 marks)

06 Briefly explain one strength of the information processing approach to children's cognition (2 marks)

07 A psychologist studying scaffolding decides to carry out an experiment to test the following hypothesis:

'Children who receive scaffolding perform significantly better on jigsaw puzzles than children who do not receive scaffolding.'

Choose an experimental design that the psychologist could use to test this hypothesis. Explain how this design would be used. You should also identify the independent variable and the dependent variable. (3 marks)

08 Outline Piaget's explanation of the processes involved in schema development. Discuss this explanation. Refer to examples of schema development in your answer. (12 marks)

Topic: Schizophrenia and Mood Disorders

17 Explain how family dysfunction might be involved in schizophrenia. Refer to one or more types of family dysfunction in your answer. (4 marks)

18 Outline and briefly evaluate one study in which a form of psychotherapy was used to treat schizophrenia (4 marks)

19 Belinda has depression. She is interviewed about her feeling by a psychologist. An extract from the interview is as follows:

"Perhaps I feel guilty about my parents and how I could have behaved better. At the same time, I am angry with them. I feel it was my fault that they got divorced in the end. My father was a serious depressive. I remember him being miserable for days on end and no-one could cheer him up. Now I feel just hopeless and my own life is a disaster."

Outline and evaluate two explanations for mood disorders. Refer to Belinda's comments in your answer. (12 marks)

Topic: Forensic Psychology

28 Outline one biological explanation for offending (2 marks)

29 Outline what is meant by the typology approach to offender profiling (2 marks)

30 Briefly evaluate the typology approach to offender profiling. Refer to two issues in your answer (4 marks)

31 Experts have different views about how to deal with recidivism. Some believe that custodial sentencing is the best way of reducing re-offending; others think that prison may not be the solution and that there are better alternatives. There is also much debate about whether treatment programmes reduce re-offending.

Discuss ways of dealing with the problem of recidivism. Refer to the views outlined above in your answer. (12 marks)