This section has been shortened to accommodate a 90 minute exam.
(Unit 4 = 2 Hours examination)
Section A: Clinical Psychology
Answer all questions.
1.
(a) Describe one treatment for disorders from the social approach. (4 marks)
(b) Evaluate the treatment you described in (b). (6 Marks)
60
2.
(a) Define the key terms: reliability and Validity (2 Marks)
(b) Explain how issues of validity and reliability arise in clinical psychology. (6
Marks)
(c) Describe and evaluate two research methods used in the study of
Schizophrenia. (12 Marks)
TOTAL FOR SECTION A: 30 MARKS
SECTION B: Issues and debates
Answer questions 4 & 5 and either 6a OR 6b.
4. (a) Describe what is meant by ‘science’.
(5 Marks)
(b) Describe one approach to psychology that you have studied.
(4 Marks)
(c) Explain the extent to which the approach you described in (b) can be considered
scientific. Refer to research methods used in the approach to support your case.
(6 Marks)
*5. Psychologists must have regard for the rights and dignity of their participants.
Describe three ethical guidelines and explain ways in which they should be followed in
psychological research when using human participants. (12 marks)
*6. EITHER
(a) David Perrett is a psychologist who is well-known for his research on the perception
of human faces. He seats people in front of computers, shows them several faces, and
asks them simple questions like “who do you fancy most?” When people are shown a
photograph of themselves, changed to give it characteristics of the opposite sex, they
find it very attractive. It might be because the face reminds them of their mum or
dad. (Adapted from the New Scientist)
Both the Psychodynamic Approach and the Learning Approach could help to explain why
we find people like our parents attractive.
Describe and evaluate how both the Psychodynamic Approach and the Learning
Approach could help explain why we find people like our parents attractive.
(18 marks)
OR
(b) Using two different approaches describe and evaluate the role of both nature and
nurture in explaining human behaviour.
(18 marks)
TOTAL FOR SECTION B: 45 MARKS
TOTAL FOR PAPER: 75 MARKS
(Unit 4 usual mark is out of 90)