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Every question from every Edexcel A-Level Psychology paper, 2016–2025, part by part. Filter by topic, paper or year, open the mark scheme under any question, and download a set as a PDF.

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  1. Q1

    June 2025 · Paper 1

    4 marks
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    June 2025 Paper 1, question 1: In your studies of social psychology, you will have learned about the British Psychological Society (BPS) code of ethics and conduct (2009). Describe two ethica

  2. Q2(a)

    June 2025 · Paper 1

    2 marks
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    June 2025 Paper 1, question 2(a): Using social impact theory, state two reasons why 14 out of 15 of the students followed Mr Jennings’ instruction. (2) 2 Mr Jennings is a teacher who was instruc

  3. Q2(b)

    June 2025 · Paper 1

    2 marks
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    June 2025 Paper 1, question 2(b): Explain one weakness of social impact theory. (2) 2 Mr Jennings is a teacher who was instructing a group of 15 students to line up quietly in a queue during lun

  4. Q3

    June 2025 · Paper 1

    8 marks
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    June 2025 Paper 1, question 3: Evaluate realistic conflict theory as an explanation of prejudice. (8)

  5. Q4

    June 2025 · Paper 1

    2 marks
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    June 2025 Paper 1, question 4: In your studies of cognitive psychology, you will have learned about the multi-store model of memory (Atkinson and Shiffrin, 1968). State two features of the sh

  6. Q5(a)

    June 2025 · Paper 1

    1 mark
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    June 2025 Paper 1, question 5(a): State the fully operationalised dependent variable (DV) from Jenny’s experiment. (1) 5 Jenny investigated the influence of semantic similarity on the accuracy o

  7. Q5(b)

    June 2025 · Paper 1

    3 marks
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    June 2025 Paper 1, question 5(b): Using the data in Table 1, draw a bar chart to represent the data from Jenny’s experiment. (3) 5 Jenny investigated the influence of semantic similarity on the

  8. Q6

    June 2025 · Paper 1

    4 marks
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    June 2025 Paper 1, question 6: Colin wanted to investigate long-term memory damage. He decided to conduct a case study on a patient with long-term memory damage who had been involved in a mot

  9. Q7

    June 2025 · Paper 1

    8 marks
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    June 2025 Paper 1, question 7: Leoni struggles to process information during lessons at college. She finds it difficult to note down information from the board before the teacher moves on to

  10. Q8(a)

    June 2025 · Paper 1

    1 mark
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    June 2025 Paper 1, question 8(a): State one finding of your chosen contemporary study. (1) 8 You will have learned about one of the following contemporary studies in biological psychology: • Li

  11. Q8(b)

    June 2025 · Paper 1

    2 marks
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    June 2025 Paper 1, question 8(b): Explain one weakness of your chosen contemporary study. (2) 8 You will have learned about one of the following contemporary studies in biological psychology: •

  12. Q9(a)

    June 2025 · Paper 1

    2 marks
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    June 2025 Paper 1, question 9(a): Describe how Mandy could use a volunteer sampling technique to gather participants for her investigation. (2) 9 Mandy is investigating whether there is a relati

  13. Q9(b)

    June 2025 · Paper 1

    2 marks
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    June 2025 Paper 1, question 9(b): Mandy analysed her results using Spearman’s rho. State two reasons why Mandy used Spearman’s rho to analyse her data. (2) 9 Mandy is investigating whether there

  14. Q9(c)

    June 2025 · Paper 1

    2 marks
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    June 2025 Paper 1, question 9(c): Explain one improvement that Mandy could make to her investigation. (2) 9 Mandy is investigating whether there is a relationship between time spent outdoors and

  15. Q10

    June 2025 · Paper 1

    8 marks
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    June 2025 Paper 1, question 10: In your studies of biological psychology, you will have learned about an adoption study. Evaluate one adoption study you have learned about in biological psycho

  16. Q11

    June 2025 · Paper 1

    2 marks
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    June 2025 Paper 1, question 11: As a child, Petunia loved cats. One day, when she was playing in her garden a cat scratched her arm, frightening her. This caused Petunia to develop a phobia of

  17. Q12

    June 2025 · Paper 1

    4 marks
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    June 2025 Paper 1, question 12: Spencer is 12 years old, and his brother Mark is 16 years old. Spencer watched Mark wash their mum’s car and receive £5.00. The next time Mark was asked to wash

  18. Q13(a)

    June 2025 · Paper 1

    4 marks
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    June 2025 Paper 1, question 13(a): Complete Table 3 to calculate the chi-squared test for Rahul’s investigation. You must give your answer to two decimal places. (4) (O–E)2 (O–E)2/E Observed Expe

  19. Q13(b)

    June 2025 · Paper 1

    1 mark
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    June 2025 Paper 1, question 13(b): Rahul had a one-tailed (directional) hypothesis with df = 1 and used p = 0.025 as his level of significance. Determine whether there was a significant differenc

  20. Q14

    June 2025 · Paper 1

    8 marks
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    June 2025 Paper 1, question 14: Assess whether systematic desensitisation is an effective treatment for phobias. (8)

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