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Edexcel a Level Psychology Paper 3 Exam
Questions With Verified Answers
Issues and debates- ethics - Answers✔HUMANS:
deception
debrief
informed consent
confidentiality
right to withdraw
protection from harm
ANIMAL:
- research needs potential value
- need to justify costs in light of benefits
- replace with non-sentient alternatives
- reduce number of animals being used
- refine procedures so suffering is minimised
- animal research and researcher should be licensed
issues and debates- practical issues - Answers✔- reliability
- validity (ecological, internal, external, population)
- generalisability
- standardised procedure
- qualitative or quantitative data
- lab or field experiment
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- sample type
- time and money
- subjective or objective
- demand characteristics/ Hawthorne effect
issues and debate- is psychology a science - Answers✔science criteria: non-scientific:
- replicable - holistic
- falsifiable - subjective
- evidential support eg field exp - few controls
- reductionist - lack reliability
- objective - qualitative data
- quantitative data
- generalisable
issues and debates- social control - Answers✔- the control of behaviour in society
- social: reduce out-group prejudice eg hooligans; used by governments to create out-group
discrimination; train soldiers to obey orders; governments abuse power
- cognitive: control students eg revision; control behaviour of witnesses; info may be
manipulated eg police tamper
- biological: screen population; leads to stigma and labelling; reduce criminal behaviour eg drug
treatments; governments use power against will
- learning: reduce phobias; people use cc to advantage eg make phobias; rewards and
punishments= safe society; token economy misused by police officers; children have positive
role models; bad models by people in power
- criminal: screen population, people may not want to be tested; control behaviour eg sfp; control
good people never turning to crime; control witnesses= accurate info; intimidation in interview;
rehabilitation for criminals; treat people against their will;
- clinical: people can get diagnosis and find ways to treat; but people may not want to be
diagnosed, stigmatised; can prevent causes if known to prevent shiz; but won't always lead to
disorder; can give people help needed to function in society; people may not want to be treated
or treated against free will; screen population; therapist have power over patient
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Edexcel a Level Psychology Paper 3 Exam
Questions With Verified Answers
Issues and debates- ethics - Answers✔HUMANS:
deception
debrief
informed consent
confidentiality
right to withdraw
protection from harm
ANIMAL:
- research needs potential value
- need to justify costs in light of benefits
- replace with non-sentient alternatives
- reduce number of animals being used
- refine procedures so suffering is minimised
- animal research and researcher should be licensed
issues and debates- practical issues - Answers✔- reliability
- validity (ecological, internal, external, population)
- generalisability
- standardised procedure
- qualitative or quantitative data
- lab or field experiment
1
, ©THEBRIGHT EXAM SOLUTIONS 2024/2025
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
- sample type
- time and money
- subjective or objective
- demand characteristics/ Hawthorne effect
issues and debate- is psychology a science - Answers✔science criteria: non-scientific:
- replicable - holistic
- falsifiable - subjective
- evidential support eg field exp - few controls
- reductionist - lack reliability
- objective - qualitative data
- quantitative data
- generalisable
issues and debates- social control - Answers✔- the control of behaviour in society
- social: reduce out-group prejudice eg hooligans; used by governments to create out-group
discrimination; train soldiers to obey orders; governments abuse power
- cognitive: control students eg revision; control behaviour of witnesses; info may be
manipulated eg police tamper
- biological: screen population; leads to stigma and labelling; reduce criminal behaviour eg drug
treatments; governments use power against will
- learning: reduce phobias; people use cc to advantage eg make phobias; rewards and
punishments= safe society; token economy misused by police officers; children have positive
role models; bad models by people in power
- criminal: screen population, people may not want to be tested; control behaviour eg sfp; control
good people never turning to crime; control witnesses= accurate info; intimidation in interview;
rehabilitation for criminals; treat people against their will;
- clinical: people can get diagnosis and find ways to treat; but people may not want to be
diagnosed, stigmatised; can prevent causes if known to prevent shiz; but won't always lead to
disorder; can give people help needed to function in society; people may not want to be treated
or treated against free will; screen population; therapist have power over patient
2
