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Every AQA A-Level Psychology exam question on 4.3.8 Aggression, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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![June 2025 Paper 3, question 22: Which one of the following is a consequence of desensitisation? Write the correct letter in your answer book. [1 mark] A Increased sympathetic nervous system ar](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71823-jun25-22-qp.webp)
![June 2025 Paper 3, question 23: Which one of the following is the best example of how disinhibition might lead to aggression? Write the correct letter in your answer book. [1 mark] A People pl](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71823-jun25-23-qp.webp)
![June 2025 Paper 3, question 24: Briefly outline the evolutionary explanation for human aggression. [2 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71823-jun25-24-qp.webp)
![June 2025 Paper 3, question 25: Briefly evaluate the evolutionary explanation for human aggression. [4 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71823-jun25-25-qp.webp)
![June 2024 Paper 3, question 41: What is meant by an innate releasing mechanism? [3 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71823-jun24-41-qp.webp)
![June 2023 Paper 3, question 26: Referring to information about the study, explain two other reasons why it was appropriate to use a Chi-Squared test in this case. [4 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71823-jun23-26-qp.webp)
![June 2023 Paper 3, question 27: Using your knowledge of research into cognitive priming, explain the likely outcome of the study. [4 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71823-jun23-27-qp.webp)
![June 2023 Paper 3, question 29: Describe how de-individuation is involved in aggression. [6 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71823-jun23-29-qp.webp)
![June 2023 Paper 3, question 30: Evaluate the role of de-individuation in aggression. [6 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71823-jun23-30-qp.webp)
![June 2022 Paper 3, question 31: Outline the effects of computer games on aggression. [4 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71823-jun22-31-qp.webp)
![June 2022 Paper 3, question 32: Briefly evaluate the effects of computer games on aggression. [4 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71823-jun22-32-qp.webp)
![June 2022 Paper 3, question 33: Discuss the influence of genetic factors in aggression. [16 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71823-jun22-33-qp.webp)
![November 2021 Paper 3, question 26: Which explanation for institutional aggression assumes that aggression is due to the institutional environment? [1 mark]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71823-nov21-26-qp.webp)
![November 2021 Paper 3, question 27: Referring to your answer to Question 26, describe what the expert could recommend to reduce institutional aggression at Sharksville prison. [4 marks]](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/71823-nov21-27-qp.webp)
All 26 questions on Aggression, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q22 (1 mark): Which one of the following is a consequence of desensitisation? Write the correct letter in your answer book. [1 mark] A Increased sympathetic nervous system ar
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q23 (1 mark): Which one of the following is the best example of how disinhibition might lead to aggression? Write the correct letter in your answer book. [1 mark] A People pl
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q24 (2 marks): Briefly outline the evolutionary explanation for human aggression. [2 marks]
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q25 (4 marks): Briefly evaluate the evolutionary explanation for human aggression. [4 marks]
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q26 (16 marks): Max is a first-time offender in Oddmin Prison. He describes his experiences. “Most of the day we are in our cells. We have little choice in anything, not even w
- June 2024, Paper 3, Q39 (3 marks): In psychological reporting it is usual to present book references in an accepted format. The reference below includes some, but not all, of the necessary pieces
- June 2024, Paper 3, Q40 (2 marks): A prison officer investigating institutional aggression has devised a questionnaire for prisoners to complete. The questionnaire consists of a series of stateme
- June 2024, Paper 3, Q41 (3 marks): What is meant by an innate releasing mechanism? [3 marks]
- June 2024, Paper 3, Q42 (16 marks): Angel is often aggressive at school. At playtime, she pushes other children off the play equipment and snatches toys away from them. In the dinner queue, she pu
- June 2023, Paper 3, Q26 (4 marks): Referring to information about the study, explain two other reasons why it was appropriate to use a Chi-Squared test in this case. [4 marks]
- June 2023, Paper 3, Q27 (4 marks): Using your knowledge of research into cognitive priming, explain the likely outcome of the study. [4 marks]
- June 2023, Paper 3, Q28 (4 marks): Different participants were used in each condition of the experiment, which might have affected the results. Explain one way in which the experiment could be ch
- June 2023, Paper 3, Q29 (6 marks): Describe how de-individuation is involved in aggression. [6 marks]
- June 2023, Paper 3, Q30 (6 marks): Evaluate the role of de-individuation in aggression. [6 marks]
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q31 (4 marks): Outline the effects of computer games on aggression. [4 marks]
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q32 (4 marks): Briefly evaluate the effects of computer games on aggression. [4 marks]
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q33 (16 marks): Discuss the influence of genetic factors in aggression. [16 marks]
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q25 (1 mark): Psychology students sometimes propose hypotheses that are untestable. Which one of the following is essential for a testable hypothesis? Write the correct lette
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q26 (1 mark): Which explanation for institutional aggression assumes that aggression is due to the institutional environment? [1 mark]
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q27 (4 marks): Referring to your answer to Question 26, describe what the expert could recommend to reduce institutional aggression at Sharksville prison. [4 marks]
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q28 (2 marks): Outline one limitation of the explanation for institutional aggression you have used to answer Question 27. [2 marks]
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q29 (16 marks): Describe and evaluate one or more of the following biological explanations for human aggression: neural, hormonal, genetic. [16 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 3, Q29 (6 marks): Describe neural mechanisms in aggression. [6 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 3, Q30 (4 marks): Jane is talking about her husband to a friend. Jane says, “Bill gets angry if I text any of my male friends. He’s always looking at my mobile phone. He gets ups
- November 2020, Paper 3, Q31 (6 marks): Outline one strength and one limitation of evolutionary explanations of aggression. [6 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 3, Q32 (8 marks): Discuss the frustration-aggression hypothesis as an explanation for human aggression. [8 marks]
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