Oxford Cambridge and RSA Monday 22 May 2017 Afternoon AS GCE PSYCHOLOGY G542/01 Core Studies *6810014603* Candidates answer on the Question Paper. OCR supplied materials: None Other materials required: None Duration: 2 hours * G 5 4 2 0 1 * INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes above. Please write clearly and in capital letters. Use black ink. HB pencil may be used for graphs and diagrams only. Answer all the questions in Section A, all parts of the question in Section B and one question from Section C. Read each question carefully. Make sure you know what you have to do before starting your answer. Write your answer to each question in the space provided. If additional space is required, you should use the lined page(s) at the end of this booklet. The question number(s) must be clearly shown. Do not write in the barcodes. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. The total number of marks for this paper is 120. Quality of written communication is assessed in Sections B and C. This document consists of 24 pages. Any blank pages are indicated. [R/500/8011] DC (RCL (KM)) 138182/1 OCR is an exempt Charity Turn over
2 SECTION A Answer all questions from Section A 1 From the study by Baron-Cohen, Joliffe, Mortimore and Robertson on autism in adults: (a) Outline one finding from the performance of the autistic/asperger syndrome adults on the Eyes Task. (b) Outline one conclusion from the findings of the Eyes Task in relation to autism in adults. 2 From Loftus and Palmer s study on eyewitness testimony: Outline two ways in which this study lacked ecological validity....................... [4]
3 3 From Savage-Rumbaugh s study into symbol acquisition by pygmy chimpanzees: (a) Outline the spoken English to photograph test used to assess Kanzi s language acquisition. (b) Outline the blind test used to assess Kanzi s knowledge of the foraging sites in the forest. 4 The table below represents the mean number of errors made in the three conditions manipulated by Samuel and Bryant in their study on conservation: Results by mean number of errors Condition Age group Standard One question Fixed array 5-year-olds 8.5 7.3 8.6 6-year-olds 5.7 4.3 6.4 7-year-olds 3.2 2.6 4.9 8-year-olds 1.7 1.3 3.3 (a) Outline one finding from the above table. Turn over
4 (b) Explain the purpose of the fixed array condition in this study.. 5 From Freud s study of Little Hans: (a) According to Freud s theory of psychosexual development, why did Little Hans show a quite peculiarly lively interest in his widdler? (b) Describe the incident Hans felt was the origin of his fear of being bitten by a horse. 6 From Bandura et al. s study of aggression: Describe how the model behaved in the aggressive condition....................... [4]
7 From Maguire et al. s study of taxi drivers: 5 (a) Identify the two techniques used to examine the effects of taxi driving on brain structure. (b) Describe one finding from this study in relation to taxi and non-taxi drivers. 8 From Sperry s split-brain study: (a) Describe how patients responded to visual material presented to their left visual field. (b) Describe how patients responded to objects placed in their right hands. Turn over
6 9 From Dement and Kleitman s study of sleep and dreaming: Describe two ways quantitative data was gathered....................... [4] 10 Piliavin, Rodin and Piliavin s subway Samaritan study is generally considered a field experiment. (a) Outline the field environment in this study. (b) Suggest one weakness of using a field experiment in this study.
11 From Milgram s study of obedience: 7 Outline two ways in which ethical issues were addressed in this study....................... [4] 12 From Reicher and Haslam s BBC prison study: Outline two of the interventions planned for this study....................... [4] Turn over
8 13 From Rosenhan s study On being sane in insane places : Describe two ways deception was used in this study....................... [4] 14 From Griffiths study into fruit machine gambling: (a) Describe the purpose of the post-experimental semi-structured interviews. (b) Outline one finding from the post-experimental semi-structured interviews.
9 15 Thigpen and Cleckley s study into multiple personality disorder was a longitudinal case study. (a) Describe how the longitudinal case study method was used in this study. (b) Describe one strength of using the longitudinal case study method in this study. Turn over
10 SECTION B Read, then answer all parts of the question in Section B 16 Choose one of the core studies below: Bandura, Ross and Ross: transmission of aggression Piliavin, Rodin and Piliavin: subway Samaritan Griffiths: fruit machine gambling And answer parts (a) (f) on your chosen study. (a) Outline one way qualitative data was gathered in your chosen study. (b) Explain why your chosen study can be considered an experiment.... [4]
11 (c) Describe one strength and one weakness of the sample used in your chosen study.... [6] Turn over
12 (d) Discuss the usefulness of the observation method to gather data in your chosen study.... [8]
13 (e) Suggest improvements to your chosen study.... [8] Turn over
(f) Evaluate the improvements you have suggested for your chosen study. 14... [8]
15 SECTION C Answer one question from Section C Choose either question 17 or question 18 EITHER 17 (a) Briefly outline one strength of the social approach. [2] (b) Describe how the social approach could explain why people offer assistance to others in need. Support your answer with evidence from Piliavin, Rodin and Piliavin s subway Samaritan study. [4] (c) Describe one similarity and one difference between any of the social approach core studies that gathered quantitative data. [6] (d) Discuss strengths and weaknesses of quantitative data. Support your discussion with evidence from any of the core studies that take the social approach. [12] If you choose to answer question 17, write your answers on pages 16 to 17. OR 18 (a) Briefly outline one strength of the cognitive approach. [2] (b) Describe how the cognitive approach could explain inaccurate witness testimonies in court. Support your answer with evidence from Loftus and Palmer s study on eyewitness testimony. [4] (c) Describe one similarity and one difference between any of the cognitive approach core studies that gathered quantitative data. [6] (d) Discuss strengths and weaknesses of quantitative data. Support your discussion with evidence from any of the core studies that take the cognitive approach. [12] If you choose to answer question 18, write your answers on pages 18 to 19. Turn over
EITHER 16 17 (a) Briefly outline one strength of the social approach. (b) Describe how the social approach could explain why people offer assistance to others in need. Support your answer with evidence from Piliavin, Rodin and Piliavin s subway Samaritan study.... [4] (c) Describe one similarity and one difference between any of the social approach core studies that gathered quantitative data.... [6]
17 (d) Discuss strengths and weaknesses of quantitative data. Support your discussion with evidence from any of the core studies that take the social approach.... [12] Turn over
OR 18 18 (a) Briefly outline one strength of the cognitive approach. (b) Describe how the cognitive approach could explain inaccurate witness testimonies in court. Support your answer with evidence from Loftus and Palmer s study on eyewitness testimony.... [4] (c) Describe one similarity and one difference between any of the cognitive approach core studies that gathered quantitative data.... [6]
19 (d) Discuss strengths and weaknesses of quantitative data. Support your discussion with evidence from any of the core studies that take the cognitive approach.... [12] END OF QUESTION PAPER
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