AS Psychology
Paper 1 Past Paper Questions
Pictorial perception and culture
Deregowski, J.
Section A 1 - The review by Deregowski refers to different types of evidence on picture perception.
(a) Briefly describe one piece of anecdotal evidence. [2]
(b) Briefly describe one piece of empirical evidence. [2]
(Variant 1 May/June 2010)
2 - A number of generalizations can be made from the study by Deregowski on picture
perception.
(a) Suggest a generalisation that can be made from this study. [2]
(b) What is a generalisation? [2]
(Variant 2 May/June 2010)
3 - In one study reported by Deregowski, the participants were shown the following picture
(trident) and asked to draw it. Give two differences between the performance of the twodimensional perceivers and the three-dimensional perceivers. [4]
(May/June 2009)
4 - From the review of studies on picture perception by Deregowski:
(a) Briefly describe the apparatus used by Hudson for studying perceived depth. [2]
(b) Suggest one advantage of using the same apparatus with each participant. [2]
(Variant 1 October/November 2009)
5 - From the review by Deregowski on perception:
(a) Identify two depth cues that were used in Hudson’s picture of the hunter, antelope and
elephant. [2]
(b) Explain how one of these cues allows three-dimensional perceivers to conclude that the
man is spearing the antelope, rather than the elephant, in the picture presented by Hudson. [2]
(Variant 2 October/November 2009)
6 - From the review of studies on picture perception by Deregowski:
(a) What is a cross-cultural study? [2]
(b) Describe the findings of one study included in the Deregowski review. [2]
(May/June 2008)
AS Psychology
Paper 1 Past Paper Questions
7 - From the Deregowski review of picture perception:
(a) Give one example of the anecdotal reports made by explorers of how African people
responded to pictures. [2]
(b) State one problem with this type of anecdotal evidence. [2]
(October/November 2008)
8 - From the review of studies on picture perception by Deregowski:
(a) Describe the findings from one study. [2]
(b) What can be concluded about picture perception from this study? [2]
(May/June 2007)
9 - From the study by Deregowski on picture perception:
(a) Draw a split-style elephant. [2]
(b) Suggest why most societies do not prefer split-style drawings. [2]
(October/November 2007)
10 – The study by Deregowski is a review of a number of studies of picture perception in
different cultures.
(a) Identify one cultural difference in perceptual skills. [2]
(b) Give one problem with interpreting the results of cross-cultural studies. [2]
(May/June 2006)
11 - From the study by Deregowski on perception:
(a) Define the term ‘depth cue’. [2]
(b) Identify two depth cues that were used in Hudson’s picture of the hunter, antelope and
elephant. [2]
(October/November 2006)
12 - Deregowski refers to different types of evidence on picture perception.
(a) Briefly describe one piece of anecdotal evidence. [2]
(b) Briefly describe one piece of empirical evidence. [2]
(May/June 2005)
13 - From the review by Deregowski on the perception of pictures:
(a) What was concluded about the learning (nurture) or inheritance (nature) of picture
perception? [2]
(b) What was concluded about pictures as a ‘lingua franca’ (universal language)? [2]
(October/November 2005)
14 - In one study reported by Deregowski, the participants were shown the following drawing.
They were then given materials and asked to construct what they saw.
(a) What was the difference between the two-dimensional perceivers and the threedimensional perceivers in the way the object was constructed? [2]
(b) Give an explanation for this difference. [2]
AS Psychology
Paper 1 Past Paper Questions
(May/June 2004)
15 - The study by Deregowski is a review of studies on picture perception in different cultures.
(a) Describe the finding of one cross-cultural study included in the Deregowski review. [2]
(b) Say whether this finding supports either the nature or the nurture point of view and explain
why. [2]
(October/November 2004)
16 - The study by Deregowski is a review of a number of studies of picture perception in
different cultures.
(a) What is a cross-cultural study? [2]
(b) Describe one cross-cultural study included in the Deregowski review. [2]
(May/June 2003)
17 - From the study by Deregowski on perception:
(a) Name two depth cues. [2]
(b) Describe how one of these cues allows three-dimensional perceivers to conclude that the
man is pointing the spear at the antelope, rather than the elephant, in the picture presented by
Hudson. [2]
(October/November 2003)
18 - The study by Deregowski (perception) discusses whether there are some features of
perceptionthat are common to all cultures (cultural universals).
(a) Give one piece of empirical evidence which shows that drawings are not a universal means
of communication in all cultures. [2]
(b) If psychologists find a cultural universal of behaviour, what does it tell us about that
behaviour? [2]
(May/June 2002)
19 - From the Deregowski paper on perception:
(a) Give one example of the reports that were made by Western explorers in Africa of how
African people responded to pictures or photographs. [2]
(b) State one problem with this type of anecdotal evidence. [2]
(October/November 2002)
20 - From the paper by Deregowski on perception:
(a) Identify one cultural difference in perceptual skills. [2]
(b) Give one problem with interpreting the results of cross cultural studies. [2]
(October/November 2001)