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Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Monday 12 May 2025
Afternoon (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes) Paper
reference 8PS0/01
Psychology
Advanced Subsidiary
PAPER 1: Social and Cognitive Psychology
You do not need any other materials. Total Marks
Instructions
Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
Answer all questions.
• Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
Information
The total mark for this paper is 70.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
The list of formulae and statistical tables are printed at the start of this paper.
• Candidates may use a calculator.
PEARSON AS LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY PAPER 1 SOCIAL &
COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY COMBINED QUESTION
PAPER & MARK SCHEME
Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Try to answer every question.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.
,Turn over
, FORMULAE AND STATISTICAL TABLES
Standard deviation (sample estimate) D
O
N
O
T
W
Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient RI
TE
IN
T
Critical values for Spearman’s rank
HI
Level of significance for a one-tailed test S
0.05 0.025 0.01 0.005 0.0025
AR
Level of significance for a two-tailed test
EA
N 0.10 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.005
5 0.900 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000
6 0.829 0.886 0.943 1.000 1.000
7 0.714 0.786 0.893 0.929 0.964
8 0.643 0.738 0.833 0.881 0.905
9 0.600 0.700 0.783 0.833 0.867
10 0.564 0.648 0.745 0.794 0.830
11 0.536 0.618 0.709 0.755 0.800 D
12 0.503 0.587 0.678 0.727 0.769
O
13 0.484 0.560 0.648 0.703 0.747
14 0.464 0.538 0.626 0.679 0.723 N
15 0.446 0.521 0.604 0.654 0.700 O
16 0.429 0.503 0.582 0.635 0.679 T
17 0.414 0.485 0.566 0.615 0.662 W
RI
18 0.401 0.472 0.550 0.600 0.643 TE
19 0.391 0.460 0.535 0.584 0.628
20 0.380 0.447 0.520 0.570 0.612
IN
21 0.370 0.435 0.508 0.556 0.599 T
22 0.361 0.425 0.496 0.544 0.586 HI
23 0.353 0.415 0.486 0.532 0.573 S
24 0.344 0.406 0.476 0.521 0.562
25 0.337 0.398 0.466 0.511 0.551 AR
26 0.331 0.390 0.457 0.501 0.541 EA
27 0.324 0.382 0.448 0.491 0.531
28 0.317 0.375 0.440 0.483 0.522
29 0.312 0.368 0.433 0.475 0.513
30 0.306 0.362 0.425 0.467 0.504
The calculated value must be equal to or exceed the critical value in this table for
significance to be shown.
D
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Chi-squared distribution formula
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Critical values for chi-squared distribution
Level of significance for a one-tailed test
0.10 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.005 0.0005
Level of significance for a two-tailed test
df 0.20 0.10 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.001
1 1.64 2.71 3.84 5.02 6.64 10.83
2 3.22 4.61 5.99 7.38 9.21 13.82
3 4.64 6.25 7.82 9.35 11.35 16.27
4 5.99 7.78 9.49 11.14 13.28 18.47
5 7.29 9.24 11.07 12.83 15.09 20.52
6 8.56 10.65 12.59 14.45 16.81 22.46
7 9.80 12.02 14.07 16.01 18.48 24.32
8 11.03 13.36 15.51 17.54 20.09 26.12
9 12.24 14.68 16.92 19.02 21.67 27.88
10 13.44 15.99 18.31 20.48 23.21 29.59
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11 14.63 17.28 19.68 21.92 24.73 31.26
12 15.81 18.55 21.03 23.34 26.22 32.91
13 16.99 19.81 22.36 24.74 27.69 34.53
14 18.15 21.06 23.69 26.12 29.14 36.12
15 19.31 22.31 25.00 27.49 30.58 37.70
16 20.47 23.54 26.30 28.85 32.00 39.25
17 21.62 24.77 27.59 30.19 33.41 40.79
18 22.76 25.99 28.87 31.53 34.81 42.31
19 23.90 27.20 30.14 32.85 36.19 43.82
20 25.04 28.41 31.41 34.17 37.57 45.32
21 26.17 29.62 32.67 35.48 38.93 46.80
22 27.30 30.81 33.92 36.78 40.29 48.27
23 28.43 32.01 35.17 38.08 41.64 49.73
24 29.55 33.20 36.42 39.36 42.98 51.18
25 30.68 34.38 37.65 40.65 44.31 52.62
26 31.80 35.56 38.89 41.92 45.64 54.05
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27 32.91 36.74 40.11 43.20 46.96 55.48
28 34.03 37.92 41.34 44.46 48.28 56.89
29 35.14 39.09 42.56 45.72 49.59 58.30
30 36.25 40.26 43.77 46.98 50.89 59.70
40 47.27 51.81 55.76 59.34 63.69 73.40
50 58.16 63.17 67.51 71.42 76.15 86.66
60 68.97 74.40 79.08 83.30 88.38 99.61
70 79.72 85.53 90.53 95.02 100.43 112.32
The calculated value must be equal to or exceed the critical value in this table for
significance to be shown.
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Candidate surname Other names
Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Monday 12 May 2025
Afternoon (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes) Paper
reference 8PS0/01
Psychology
Advanced Subsidiary
PAPER 1: Social and Cognitive Psychology
You do not need any other materials. Total Marks
Instructions
Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
Answer all questions.
• Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
Information
The total mark for this paper is 70.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
The list of formulae and statistical tables are printed at the start of this paper.
• Candidates may use a calculator.
PEARSON AS LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY PAPER 1 SOCIAL &
COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY COMBINED QUESTION
PAPER & MARK SCHEME
Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Try to answer every question.
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.
,Turn over
, FORMULAE AND STATISTICAL TABLES
Standard deviation (sample estimate) D
O
N
O
T
W
Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient RI
TE
IN
T
Critical values for Spearman’s rank
HI
Level of significance for a one-tailed test S
0.05 0.025 0.01 0.005 0.0025
AR
Level of significance for a two-tailed test
EA
N 0.10 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.005
5 0.900 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000
6 0.829 0.886 0.943 1.000 1.000
7 0.714 0.786 0.893 0.929 0.964
8 0.643 0.738 0.833 0.881 0.905
9 0.600 0.700 0.783 0.833 0.867
10 0.564 0.648 0.745 0.794 0.830
11 0.536 0.618 0.709 0.755 0.800 D
12 0.503 0.587 0.678 0.727 0.769
O
13 0.484 0.560 0.648 0.703 0.747
14 0.464 0.538 0.626 0.679 0.723 N
15 0.446 0.521 0.604 0.654 0.700 O
16 0.429 0.503 0.582 0.635 0.679 T
17 0.414 0.485 0.566 0.615 0.662 W
RI
18 0.401 0.472 0.550 0.600 0.643 TE
19 0.391 0.460 0.535 0.584 0.628
20 0.380 0.447 0.520 0.570 0.612
IN
21 0.370 0.435 0.508 0.556 0.599 T
22 0.361 0.425 0.496 0.544 0.586 HI
23 0.353 0.415 0.486 0.532 0.573 S
24 0.344 0.406 0.476 0.521 0.562
25 0.337 0.398 0.466 0.511 0.551 AR
26 0.331 0.390 0.457 0.501 0.541 EA
27 0.324 0.382 0.448 0.491 0.531
28 0.317 0.375 0.440 0.483 0.522
29 0.312 0.368 0.433 0.475 0.513
30 0.306 0.362 0.425 0.467 0.504
The calculated value must be equal to or exceed the critical value in this table for
significance to be shown.
D
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Chi-squared distribution formula
(!!!) !
𝑋� ! = !
����� = ( 𝑟 − 1)( � − 1)
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
Critical values for chi-squared distribution
Level of significance for a one-tailed test
0.10 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.005 0.0005
Level of significance for a two-tailed test
df 0.20 0.10 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.001
1 1.64 2.71 3.84 5.02 6.64 10.83
2 3.22 4.61 5.99 7.38 9.21 13.82
3 4.64 6.25 7.82 9.35 11.35 16.27
4 5.99 7.78 9.49 11.14 13.28 18.47
5 7.29 9.24 11.07 12.83 15.09 20.52
6 8.56 10.65 12.59 14.45 16.81 22.46
7 9.80 12.02 14.07 16.01 18.48 24.32
8 11.03 13.36 15.51 17.54 20.09 26.12
9 12.24 14.68 16.92 19.02 21.67 27.88
10 13.44 15.99 18.31 20.48 23.21 29.59
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11 14.63 17.28 19.68 21.92 24.73 31.26
12 15.81 18.55 21.03 23.34 26.22 32.91
13 16.99 19.81 22.36 24.74 27.69 34.53
14 18.15 21.06 23.69 26.12 29.14 36.12
15 19.31 22.31 25.00 27.49 30.58 37.70
16 20.47 23.54 26.30 28.85 32.00 39.25
17 21.62 24.77 27.59 30.19 33.41 40.79
18 22.76 25.99 28.87 31.53 34.81 42.31
19 23.90 27.20 30.14 32.85 36.19 43.82
20 25.04 28.41 31.41 34.17 37.57 45.32
21 26.17 29.62 32.67 35.48 38.93 46.80
22 27.30 30.81 33.92 36.78 40.29 48.27
23 28.43 32.01 35.17 38.08 41.64 49.73
24 29.55 33.20 36.42 39.36 42.98 51.18
25 30.68 34.38 37.65 40.65 44.31 52.62
26 31.80 35.56 38.89 41.92 45.64 54.05
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27 32.91 36.74 40.11 43.20 46.96 55.48
28 34.03 37.92 41.34 44.46 48.28 56.89
29 35.14 39.09 42.56 45.72 49.59 58.30
30 36.25 40.26 43.77 46.98 50.89 59.70
40 47.27 51.81 55.76 59.34 63.69 73.40
50 58.16 63.17 67.51 71.42 76.15 86.66
60 68.97 74.40 79.08 83.30 88.38 99.61
70 79.72 85.53 90.53 95.02 100.43 112.32
The calculated value must be equal to or exceed the critical value in this table for
significance to be shown.
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