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PSYCHOLOGY
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Paper 1 Introductory topics in psychology
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Mark scheme
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June 2020
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Version:n1.0nFinalnMarknScheme
*206A7181/1/MS*
, MARKn SCHEMEn –n ASnPSYCHOLOGYn –n 7181/1n –nJUNEn 2020
MarknschemesnarenpreparednbynthenLeadnAssessmentnWriternandnconsidered,ntogethernwithnthenrelevantn
questions,nbynanpanelnofnsubjectnteachers.nThisnmarknschemenincludesnanynamendmentsnmadenatnthensta
ndardisationneventsnwhichnallnassociatesnparticipateninnandnisnthenschemenwhichnwasnusednbynthemninnthisn
examination.nThenstandardisationnprocessnensuresnthatnthenmarknschemencoversnthenstudents’nresponse
sntonquestionsnandnthatneverynassociatenunderstandsnandnappliesnitninnthensamencorrectnway.
Asnpreparationnfornstandardisationneachnassociatenanalysesnannumbernofnstudents’nscripts.nAlternativena
nswersnnotnalreadyncoverednbynthenmarknschemenarendiscussednandnlegislatednfor.nIf,nafternthenstandar
disationnprocess,nassociatesnencounternunusualnanswersnwhichnhavennotnbeennraisedntheynarenrequired
ntonrefernthesentonthenLeadnExaminer.
Itnmustnbenstressednthatnanmarknschemenisnanworkingndocument,ninnmanyncasesnfurtherndevelopednandne
xpandednonnthenbasisnofnstudents’nreactionsntonanparticularnpaper.nAssumptionsnaboutnfuturenmarknsche
mesnonnthenbasisnofnonenyear’sndocumentnshouldnbenavoided;nwhilstnthenguidingnprinciplesnofnassessme
ntnremainnconstant,ndetailsnwillnchange,ndependingnonnthencontentnofnanparticularnexaminationnpaper.
Furtherncopiesnofnthisnmarknschemenarenavailablenfromnaqa.org.uk.
Copyrightninformation
AQAnretainsnthencopyrightnonnallnitsnpublications.nHowever,nregisterednschools/collegesnfornAQAnarenpermittedntoncopynmaterialnfromnthisnbookletnforntheirn
ownninternalnuse,nwithnthenfollowingnimportantnexception:nAQAncannotngivenpermissionntonschools/collegesntonphotocopynanynmaterialnthatnisnacknowledge
dntonanthirdnpartynevennforninternalnusenwithinnthencentre.
Copyrightn©n2020nAQAnandnitsnlicensors.n Allnrightsnreserved.
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, MARKn SCHEMEn –n ASnPSYCHOLOGYn –n 7181/1n –nJUNEn 2020
Level of response marking instructions
n n n n
Levelnofnresponsenmarknschemesnarenbrokenndownnintonlevels,neachnofnwhichnhasnandescriptor.nThendescript
ornfornthenlevelnshowsnthenaveragenperformancenfornthenlevel.nTherenarenmarksninneachnlevel.
Beforenyounapplynthenmarknschementonanstudent’snanswernreadnthroughnthenanswernandnannotatenitn(asni
nstructed)ntonshownthenqualitiesnthatnarenbeingnlookednfor.nYouncannthennapplynthenmarknscheme.
Step 1 Determine a level
n n n n
Startnatnthenlowestnlevelnofnthenmarknschemenandnusenitnasnanladderntonseenwhethernthenanswernmeetsnthend
escriptornfornthatnlevel.nThendescriptornfornthenlevelnindicatesnthendifferentnqualitiesnthatnmightnbenseenninnth
enstudent’snanswernfornthatnlevel.nIfnitnmeetsnthenlowestnlevelnthenngontonthennextnonenandndecidenifnitnmeets
nthisnlevel,nandnsonon,nuntilnyounhavenanmatchnbetweennthenlevelndescriptornandnthenanswer.nWithnpracticen
andnfamiliaritynyounwillnfindnthatnfornbetternanswersnyounwillnbenablentonquicklynskipnthroughnthenlowernlevels
nof nthenmarknscheme.
Whennassigningnanlevelnyounshouldnlooknatnthenoverallnqualitynofnthenanswernandnnotnlookntonpicknholesninns
mallnandnspecificnpartsnofnthenanswernwherenthenstudentnhasnnotnperformednquitenasnwellnasnthenrest.nIfnthen
answerncoversndifferentnaspectsnofndifferentnlevelsnofnthenmarknschemenyounshouldnusenanbestnfitnapproachn
forndefiningnthenlevelnandnthennusenthenvariabilitynofnthenresponsentonhelpndecidenthenmarknwithinnthenlevel,ni
enifnthenresponsenisnpredominantlynleveln3nwithnansmallnamountnofnleveln4nmaterialnitnwouldnbenplacedninnleve
ln3nbutnbenawardednanmarknnearnthentopnofnthenlevelnbecausenofnthenleveln4ncontent.
Step 2 Determine a mark
n n n n
Oncenyounhavenassignednanlevelnyounneedntondecidenonnthenmark.nThendescriptorsnonnhowntonallocatenmar
ksncannhelpnwithnthis.nThenexemplarnmaterialsnusednduringnstandardisationnwillnhelp.nTherenwillnbenannans
werninnthenstandardisingnmaterialsnwhichnwillncorrespondnwithneachnlevelnofnthenmarknscheme.nThisnansw
ernwillnhavenbeennawardednanmarknbynthenLeadnExaminer.nYouncanncomparenthenstudent’snanswernwithnth
enstandardisednexamplesntondeterminenifnitnisnthensamenstandard,nbetternornworsenthannthenexample.nYoun
cannthennusenthisntonallocatenanmarknfornthenanswernbasednonnthenLeadnExaminer’snmarknonnthenexample.
Younmaynwellnneedntonreadnbacknthroughnthenanswernasnyounapplynthenmarknschementonclarifynpointsnandna
ssurenyourselfnthatnthenlevelnandnthenmarknarenappropriate.
Indicativencontentninnthenmarknschemenisnprovidednasnanguidenfornexaminers.nItnisnnotnintendedntonben
exhaustivenandnyounmustncreditnothernvalidnpoints.nStudentsndonnotnhaventoncovernallnofnthenpointsnm
entionedninnthenIndicativencontentntonreachnthenhighestnlevelnofnthenmarknscheme.
Annanswernwhichncontainsnnothingnofnrelevancentonthenquestionnmustnbenawardednnonmarks.
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AS
PSYCHOLOGY
7181/1
Paper 1 Introductory topics in psychology
n n n n n
Mark scheme
n
June 2020
n
Version:n1.0nFinalnMarknScheme
*206A7181/1/MS*
, MARKn SCHEMEn –n ASnPSYCHOLOGYn –n 7181/1n –nJUNEn 2020
MarknschemesnarenpreparednbynthenLeadnAssessmentnWriternandnconsidered,ntogethernwithnthenrelevantn
questions,nbynanpanelnofnsubjectnteachers.nThisnmarknschemenincludesnanynamendmentsnmadenatnthensta
ndardisationneventsnwhichnallnassociatesnparticipateninnandnisnthenschemenwhichnwasnusednbynthemninnthisn
examination.nThenstandardisationnprocessnensuresnthatnthenmarknschemencoversnthenstudents’nresponse
sntonquestionsnandnthatneverynassociatenunderstandsnandnappliesnitninnthensamencorrectnway.
Asnpreparationnfornstandardisationneachnassociatenanalysesnannumbernofnstudents’nscripts.nAlternativena
nswersnnotnalreadyncoverednbynthenmarknschemenarendiscussednandnlegislatednfor.nIf,nafternthenstandar
disationnprocess,nassociatesnencounternunusualnanswersnwhichnhavennotnbeennraisedntheynarenrequired
ntonrefernthesentonthenLeadnExaminer.
Itnmustnbenstressednthatnanmarknschemenisnanworkingndocument,ninnmanyncasesnfurtherndevelopednandne
xpandednonnthenbasisnofnstudents’nreactionsntonanparticularnpaper.nAssumptionsnaboutnfuturenmarknsche
mesnonnthenbasisnofnonenyear’sndocumentnshouldnbenavoided;nwhilstnthenguidingnprinciplesnofnassessme
ntnremainnconstant,ndetailsnwillnchange,ndependingnonnthencontentnofnanparticularnexaminationnpaper.
Furtherncopiesnofnthisnmarknschemenarenavailablenfromnaqa.org.uk.
Copyrightninformation
AQAnretainsnthencopyrightnonnallnitsnpublications.nHowever,nregisterednschools/collegesnfornAQAnarenpermittedntoncopynmaterialnfromnthisnbookletnforntheirn
ownninternalnuse,nwithnthenfollowingnimportantnexception:nAQAncannotngivenpermissionntonschools/collegesntonphotocopynanynmaterialnthatnisnacknowledge
dntonanthirdnpartynevennforninternalnusenwithinnthencentre.
Copyrightn©n2020nAQAnandnitsnlicensors.n Allnrightsnreserved.
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, MARKn SCHEMEn –n ASnPSYCHOLOGYn –n 7181/1n –nJUNEn 2020
Level of response marking instructions
n n n n
Levelnofnresponsenmarknschemesnarenbrokenndownnintonlevels,neachnofnwhichnhasnandescriptor.nThendescript
ornfornthenlevelnshowsnthenaveragenperformancenfornthenlevel.nTherenarenmarksninneachnlevel.
Beforenyounapplynthenmarknschementonanstudent’snanswernreadnthroughnthenanswernandnannotatenitn(asni
nstructed)ntonshownthenqualitiesnthatnarenbeingnlookednfor.nYouncannthennapplynthenmarknscheme.
Step 1 Determine a level
n n n n
Startnatnthenlowestnlevelnofnthenmarknschemenandnusenitnasnanladderntonseenwhethernthenanswernmeetsnthend
escriptornfornthatnlevel.nThendescriptornfornthenlevelnindicatesnthendifferentnqualitiesnthatnmightnbenseenninnth
enstudent’snanswernfornthatnlevel.nIfnitnmeetsnthenlowestnlevelnthenngontonthennextnonenandndecidenifnitnmeets
nthisnlevel,nandnsonon,nuntilnyounhavenanmatchnbetweennthenlevelndescriptornandnthenanswer.nWithnpracticen
andnfamiliaritynyounwillnfindnthatnfornbetternanswersnyounwillnbenablentonquicklynskipnthroughnthenlowernlevels
nof nthenmarknscheme.
Whennassigningnanlevelnyounshouldnlooknatnthenoverallnqualitynofnthenanswernandnnotnlookntonpicknholesninns
mallnandnspecificnpartsnofnthenanswernwherenthenstudentnhasnnotnperformednquitenasnwellnasnthenrest.nIfnthen
answerncoversndifferentnaspectsnofndifferentnlevelsnofnthenmarknschemenyounshouldnusenanbestnfitnapproachn
forndefiningnthenlevelnandnthennusenthenvariabilitynofnthenresponsentonhelpndecidenthenmarknwithinnthenlevel,ni
enifnthenresponsenisnpredominantlynleveln3nwithnansmallnamountnofnleveln4nmaterialnitnwouldnbenplacedninnleve
ln3nbutnbenawardednanmarknnearnthentopnofnthenlevelnbecausenofnthenleveln4ncontent.
Step 2 Determine a mark
n n n n
Oncenyounhavenassignednanlevelnyounneedntondecidenonnthenmark.nThendescriptorsnonnhowntonallocatenmar
ksncannhelpnwithnthis.nThenexemplarnmaterialsnusednduringnstandardisationnwillnhelp.nTherenwillnbenannans
werninnthenstandardisingnmaterialsnwhichnwillncorrespondnwithneachnlevelnofnthenmarknscheme.nThisnansw
ernwillnhavenbeennawardednanmarknbynthenLeadnExaminer.nYouncanncomparenthenstudent’snanswernwithnth
enstandardisednexamplesntondeterminenifnitnisnthensamenstandard,nbetternornworsenthannthenexample.nYoun
cannthennusenthisntonallocatenanmarknfornthenanswernbasednonnthenLeadnExaminer’snmarknonnthenexample.
Younmaynwellnneedntonreadnbacknthroughnthenanswernasnyounapplynthenmarknschementonclarifynpointsnandna
ssurenyourselfnthatnthenlevelnandnthenmarknarenappropriate.
Indicativencontentninnthenmarknschemenisnprovidednasnanguidenfornexaminers.nItnisnnotnintendedntonben
exhaustivenandnyounmustncreditnothernvalidnpoints.nStudentsndonnotnhaventoncovernallnofnthenpointsnm
entionedninnthenIndicativencontentntonreachnthenhighestnlevelnofnthenmarknscheme.
Annanswernwhichncontainsnnothingnofnrelevancentonthenquestionnmustnbenawardednnonmarks.
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