plumiFactors affecting perception: AQA GCSE Psychology questions
Every AQA GCSE Psychology exam question on 3.1.2.6 Factors affecting perception, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 12 questions on Factors affecting perception, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q08.1 (2 marks): Bruner and Minturn investigated the effect of expectation on perception. Which two of the following statements are features of their study? Shade two boxes. [2
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q08.2 (3 marks): Briefly evaluate Bruner and Minturn’s study. [3 marks]
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q08 (2 marks): Describe one result from Gilchrist and Nesberg’s study into the effects of motivation on perception. [2 marks]
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q09 (4 marks): Outline one strength and one weakness of Gilchrist and Nesberg’s study into the effects of motivation on perception. [4 marks] Strength Weakness
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q12 (6 marks): You have been asked to investigate the effect of emotion on perception. Explain how you would design an experiment to do this. You need to include the following
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q10.4 (2 marks): The researcher found that participants in Condition B reported the water felt warmer than participants in Condition A. Using your knowledge of ‘perceptual set’,
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q11 (4 marks): Bruner and Minturn investigated the effect of expectation on perception. Describe Bruner and Minturn’s study. [4 marks]
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q06 (2 marks): Gilchrist and Nesberg investigated the effect of motivation on perception. Which two of the following statements about their study are correct? Shade two boxes.
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q11 (9 marks): Bruner and Minturn investigated the effect of expectation on perception. Describe this study. Evaluate the research method used in this study. [9 marks]
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q12 (9 marks): Describe Gilchrist and Nesberg’s study into how motivation affects perception. Evaluate the research method used in this study. [9 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q12.3 (4 marks): Use your knowledge of one factor that affects perception to explain the results shown in Table 1 (on page 10). [4 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q13 (4 marks): A psychologist carried out a laboratory experiment to see whether or not culture affects perception. He asked Marc and José to look at the three images shown in
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