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Every Edexcel A-Level Psychology exam question on 7.1 Content, 2016–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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- June 2025, Paper 2, Q12 (8 marks): Assess the usefulness of research into privation. (8)
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q13 (16 marks): Humphrey has been diagnosed with autism. He does not have many friends. His peers at school say that he does not interact with them. Humphrey’s teachers have no
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q12 (8 marks): Evaluate one biological explanation for autism. (8)
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q13 (16 marks): Maxyme works as a nurse at a local health centre. As part of his job, he runs a class for new parents to teach parenting skills. He has a mixture of mothers and
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q11(a) (2 marks): Describe one therapy used to help children with autism. (2) 11 In your studies of child psychology you will have learned about therapies for helping children wi
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q11(b) (2 marks): Explain one strength of a therapy for helping children with autism. (2) 11 In your studies of child psychology you will have learned about therapies for helping
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q13 (8 marks): George is a psychologist who works at a children’s clinic. He has been asked to work with a child who they are worried may develop the effects of deprivation. T
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q14 (16 marks): Mark works at a nursery. There are children from a variety of different cultures at the nursery. He has noticed that children from different cultures behave dif
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q12 (3 marks): Describe one biological explanation for autism.
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q13 (8 marks): Jekaterina works as a child psychologist in a local health centre. She observes that most of the children she works with form an emotional bond with their paren
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q14 (16 marks): Mrs Smythe is in charge of a local nursery that looks after children aged from six months old to five years old. She has witnessed that a few of the children ge
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q13 (8 marks): Peter is 6 years old. His teachers have noticed that he has problems with communicating and interacting with other children and finds it hard to engage in imagi
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q14 (16 marks): Mrs Leeming is in charge of a local nursery that looks after children aged from 6 months old to 5 years old. During her work she has noticed that different chil
- October 2020, Paper 2, Q13 (8 marks): Pat has recently been diagnosed as having autism. He has trouble making friends as he often gets into arguments about other children breaking the rules of games
- October 2020, Paper 2, Q14 (16 marks): Cassandra has twin boys, Alexander and Julius, who attend day care. Cassandra has noticed that the boys react differently when she picks them up from day care;
- June 2019, Paper 2, Q11(a) (3 marks): Using research, describe the advantages for Donna of attending day care. (3) 11 Donna is six months old. Her mother, Rose, decides to place Donna in day care. S
- June 2019, Paper 2, Q11(b) (4 marks): Describe what Rose could have considered when selecting a nursery that provides good quality day care. (4) 11 Donna is six months old. Her mother, Rose, decides
- June 2019, Paper 2, Q14 (16 marks): Donald is two and a half years old. He was in hospital for two months. His parents found it difficult to spend a lot of time with him whilst he was in hospital.
- June 2018, Paper 2, Q11(b) (2 marks): Jason observed that most of the boys were happy to leave their mothers and explore the room as long as they could still see their mother. However, if the mother
- June 2018, Paper 2, Q12(a) (4 marks): Describe how one therapy could be used by Helen to help children with autism. (4) 12 Helen works with children with autism. This includes offering therapies tha
- June 2018, Paper 2, Q12(b) (4 marks): Explain one strength and one weakness of one therapy that is used to help children with autism. (4) 12 Helen works with children with autism. This includes offe
- June 2018, Paper 2, Q13 (8 marks): Rachel is a social worker who has worked with James for over 20 years. She has noticed that the attachment James had with his mother when he was young has affec
- June 2018, Paper 2, Q14 (16 marks): Hattie conducted cross-cultural research into attachment types. She gathered data from two different cultures, one culture was in Europe and one culture was in
- June 2017, Paper 2, Q12(a) (4 marks): Describe the features of autism. (4) 12 Charlie has just received a diagnosis of autism.
- June 2017, Paper 2, Q12(b) (2 marks): There are several explanations for autism. One is the biological explanation. Explain one weakness of one biological explanation of autism. (2) 12 Charlie has j
- June 2017, Paper 2, Q13 (8 marks): There has been a lot of research carried out on the effects of privation. Evaluate research into privation. (8)
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