AQA Psychology A-Level Paper 2 Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded

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AQA Psychology A-Level Paper 2
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
Wilhelm Wundt


Ans: - First Psychologist


- First Lab in Germany


- Experimental Conditions


- Structuralism and Introspection




Introspection


Ans: Person Gains knowledge about their mental state by examining their

conscious thoughts and feelings




Empiricism


Ans: Knowledge is derived from sensory experience, characterised by the

use of the scientific method

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Scientific Method


Ans: The investigative methods that are:


- Objective


- Systematic


- Reliable




Evaluation of Wundt


Ans: - methods were unreliable as it relied on non-observable


- Introspection is not accurate because people are often unaware of are

behaviours




Evaluation of the Scientific Approach

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Ans: - its objective and systematic


- Rely on determinism


- Self corrective




- Create non-naturalistic environments


- Human behaviour is not always observable to the rules of science




Classical Conditioning


Ans: Pavlov - When a neutral stimulus is consistently paired with an

unconditional stimulus so that it takes on the properties on the stimulus

and is able to produced a conditioned response




Classical Conditioning steps

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Ans: UCS -> UCR


NS -> No Response




UCS+NS -> UCR




CS -> CR




Features of CC


Ans: - If time interval is too great between conditioning it does not work


- CR will become extinct in the absence of the UCS after a while


- If extinct and paired again they pair more quickly (Spontaneous

Recovery)


- Stimulus generalisation, CR is created to things similar to CS




Operant Conditioning