A-level PSYCHOLOGY Paper 1 Introductory topics in psychology

A-level PSYCHOLOGY Paper 1 Introductory topics in psychology Friday 17 May 2024 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours Materials For this paper you may use: • a calculator. Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. • Answer all questions. You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages. • If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). • Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. Information • The marks for questions are shown in brackets. • The maximum mark for this paper is 96. • Questions should be answered in continuous prose. You will be assessed on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. *JUN* IB/G/Jun24/G4004/E11 7182/1 Section A Social influence Answer all questions in this section. box 0 1 Outline one ethical issue that has arisen in social influence research. Refer to one or more social influence studies in your answer. [4 marks] Extra space 0 2 Charlie has just started at a new school. He has become friendly with a group of boys in his year group. Charlie thinks they are ‘cool’. One day, one of the more popular boys in the group suggests they all wear their school jumpers inside-out for a week, ‘just to see what will happen’. Charlie worries about this all night but still goes to school the following day wearing his jumper inside-out. Use your knowledge of conformity to explain Charlie’s behaviour. [6 marks] Extra space Turn over ► box Discuss consistency and flexibility as processes involved in minority influence. [8 marks] box Turn over ► box Extra space Section B Memory Answer all questions in this section. box A researcher wanted to test if there is a relationship between the passage of time and recall of nonsense words. They gave 30 participants 40 nonsense words to learn, then tested recall at fixed intervals over several weeks. The nonsense words were standardised to ensure they were of similar difficulty and length. When writing up the investigation, the researcher represented their data on a scattergram. Briefly explain how the use of inferential statistics would improve this investigation. [3 marks] Suggest an appropriate statistical test to improve this investigation. With reference to the study, outline two reasons for your choice of test. [5 marks] *07* Turn over ► *0* box Two police officers are discussing the testimony of an eyewitness. The eyewitness had described a robbery she had seen. ‘At first, the witness said she was convinced the suspect was wearing glasses and had a limp,’ explained one of the officers, ‘but later she said she may have just been repeating what she’d heard from other witnesses.’ ‘I’m not sure we’re going to be able to use her statement,’ replied the other officer. Discuss the effect of post-event discussion on the accuracy of eyewitness testimony. Refer to the information above in your answer. box [8 marks] Turn over ► box Extra space