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AQA A-Level Psychology: Issues and Debates in Psychology

6 exam-style questions with full mark schemes and model answers. Write your own answer and the AI examiner marks it against the mark scheme.

Question 116 marksDiscuss

Discuss the free will and determinism debate in psychology. [16 marks]

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Question 28 marksOutline and evaluate

Outline and evaluate the holism and reductionism debate in psychology. [8 marks]

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Question 36 marksOutline

Outline how gender bias can affect psychological research. Refer to androcentrism in your answer. [6 marks]

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Question 46 marksExplain

A research team in the United Kingdom develops a questionnaire to measure intelligence. The questions are written in English and assume knowledge of British history and customs. The team administers the same questionnaire, without changes, to children in several countries across the world and concludes that British children are the most intelligent.

Referring to the study above, explain how culture bias may have affected the team's conclusion. [6 marks]

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Question 54 marksExplain

Explain what is meant by alpha bias and beta bias. [4 marks]

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Question 64 marksOutline

Outline the idiographic approach to psychological investigation. [4 marks]

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