AQA AS PSYCHOLOGY 7181 2 PAPER 2 EXAM
SCRIPT 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
◉ Evaluations of the psychodynamic approach. Answer: -
Application in controlling the masses and therapy
- case study approach is pioneering
- Scientific support because of use of scientific methodology in case
studies
- gender bias approach to men
- Culture bias to western culture e.g. china tends to ignore feelings
while we have therapy
◉ Free Will. Answer: The ability to act at one's own discretion
◉ Hierarchy of needs. Answer: Motivational theory proposed by
Maslow
Self actualisation
Esteem
Love
,Safety
Psychological
◉ Psychological Needs. Answer: Breathing, food, water
◉ Safety Needs. Answer: Security, resources, morality, health
◉ Love needs. Answer: Friendship, family
◉ Esteem need. Answer: Self esteem, confidence, achievement
◉ Self-Actualisation. Answer: Peak experience
Creativity, problem solving, spontaneity
◉ The Self. Answer: Our personal identity
◉ Congruence. Answer: The similarity between yourself and your
ideal self
◉ Conditions of worth. Answer: Conditions imposed on someone in
order to earn positive regard
,◉ Unconditional positive regard. Answer: love and acceptance no
matter what
◉ Conditional Positive Regard. Answer: love and acceptance for a
reason
◉ Evaluation of the humanistic approach. Answer: - Maslow's
Hierarchy is linked to economical development, countries with
lower needs had lower development
- Research support for conditions of worth (adolescents)
- Fails to establish causal variables
- unrealistic view of human nature as it suggest we all want to be
good
- Cultural differences in hierarchy of needs e.g. in china love is the
first stage but here it is needs
◉ Confounding Variables. Answer: A variable that is not the IV but
changes the depending variable
◉ Control. Answer: The extent a variable is held constant
◉ External Validity. Answer: The degree research can be generalised
, ◉ Extranous Variables. Answer: Nuisance variables that makes it
difficult to detect changes in experiments
◉ Internal Validity. Answer: The degree observed effects was die to
experimental manipulation rather than confounding variables
◉ Mundane Realism. Answer: How study mirrors real life
◉ Validity. Answer: how close you are to measuring what you want
to measure
◉ Directional Hypothesis. Answer: States direction of predicted
difference e.g. People who do homework without tv produce better
results than those who don't
◉ Non-Directional Hypothesis. Answer: Predicts simply that there is
a difference e.g. People who do homework with the TV produce
different results from those who dont
◉ Pilot Study. Answer: A small-scale trial run of a study to test
aspects of design
◉ Repeated Measures Design. Answer: One group does all trials
SCRIPT 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
◉ Evaluations of the psychodynamic approach. Answer: -
Application in controlling the masses and therapy
- case study approach is pioneering
- Scientific support because of use of scientific methodology in case
studies
- gender bias approach to men
- Culture bias to western culture e.g. china tends to ignore feelings
while we have therapy
◉ Free Will. Answer: The ability to act at one's own discretion
◉ Hierarchy of needs. Answer: Motivational theory proposed by
Maslow
Self actualisation
Esteem
Love
,Safety
Psychological
◉ Psychological Needs. Answer: Breathing, food, water
◉ Safety Needs. Answer: Security, resources, morality, health
◉ Love needs. Answer: Friendship, family
◉ Esteem need. Answer: Self esteem, confidence, achievement
◉ Self-Actualisation. Answer: Peak experience
Creativity, problem solving, spontaneity
◉ The Self. Answer: Our personal identity
◉ Congruence. Answer: The similarity between yourself and your
ideal self
◉ Conditions of worth. Answer: Conditions imposed on someone in
order to earn positive regard
,◉ Unconditional positive regard. Answer: love and acceptance no
matter what
◉ Conditional Positive Regard. Answer: love and acceptance for a
reason
◉ Evaluation of the humanistic approach. Answer: - Maslow's
Hierarchy is linked to economical development, countries with
lower needs had lower development
- Research support for conditions of worth (adolescents)
- Fails to establish causal variables
- unrealistic view of human nature as it suggest we all want to be
good
- Cultural differences in hierarchy of needs e.g. in china love is the
first stage but here it is needs
◉ Confounding Variables. Answer: A variable that is not the IV but
changes the depending variable
◉ Control. Answer: The extent a variable is held constant
◉ External Validity. Answer: The degree research can be generalised
, ◉ Extranous Variables. Answer: Nuisance variables that makes it
difficult to detect changes in experiments
◉ Internal Validity. Answer: The degree observed effects was die to
experimental manipulation rather than confounding variables
◉ Mundane Realism. Answer: How study mirrors real life
◉ Validity. Answer: how close you are to measuring what you want
to measure
◉ Directional Hypothesis. Answer: States direction of predicted
difference e.g. People who do homework without tv produce better
results than those who don't
◉ Non-Directional Hypothesis. Answer: Predicts simply that there is
a difference e.g. People who do homework with the TV produce
different results from those who dont
◉ Pilot Study. Answer: A small-scale trial run of a study to test
aspects of design
◉ Repeated Measures Design. Answer: One group does all trials
