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Every Edexcel A-Level Psychology exam question on 8.1 Content, 2016–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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- June 2025, Paper 2, Q16 (8 marks): Assess the effectiveness of one biological explanation to account for heroin addiction. (8)
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q17 (16 marks): Humphrey is addicted to alcohol. He drinks a can of beer as soon as he wakes up and then continues drinking throughout the day, often progressing to stronger al
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q16 (8 marks): Evaluate one treatment for nicotine addiction, other than aversion therapy. (8)
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q17 (16 marks): Maxyme is addicted to alcohol. He always has a drink of alcohol after he has eaten, and every time he goes out, he needs to drink. He finds drinking makes him f
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q15(a) (2 marks): Describe one treatment for alcohol addiction. (2) 15 In your studies of health psychology you will have learned about treatments for alcohol addiction.
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q15(b) (2 marks): Explain one strength of a treatment for alcohol addiction. (2) 15 In your studies of health psychology you will have learned about treatments for alcohol addict
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q17 (8 marks): George is a health psychologist. He has been asked to create an anti‑drugs campaign. The campaign is to be aimed at teenagers as there has been an increase in i
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q18 (16 marks): Mark is training to be a health psychologist. He is currently studying causes of heroin addiction using addicts he treats as his participants. In one case Mark
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q16 (3 marks): Describe one learning explanation for heroin addiction.
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q17 (8 marks): Jekaterina takes an illegal drug. At first, she only took the drug a couple of times a week, but she now takes the drug daily. She finds that she needs to take
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q18 (16 marks): Mrs Smythe works at a local doctor’s surgery as a community nurse. One of her responsibilities is to reduce the number of people in the local area who are addic
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q17 (8 marks): Peter is 17 years old and has just been diagnosed with alcohol addiction. His mother is also addicted to alcohol. She drinks alcohol from the moment she gets up
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q18 (16 marks): Mr Leeming works at a local doctor’s surgery. One of his responsibilities is to reduce the number of people in the local area who are addicted to nicotine. In o
- October 2020, Paper 2, Q17 (8 marks): Pat is addicted to alcohol and so is his father. When Pat was a child he saw his father drink alcohol. His father was often in a bad mood until he had his first
- October 2020, Paper 2, Q18 (16 marks): Cassandra is addicted to nicotine, and smokes over 30 cigarettes a day. When she smokes a cigarette Cassandra feels the effects almost immediately. She sometime
- June 2019, Paper 2, Q15(a) (4 marks): Describe how Rose could carry out her anti-drugs campaign. (4) 15 Rose is a health psychologist. She has been asked to create an anti-drugs campaign targeted at
- June 2019, Paper 2, Q18 (16 marks): Donald is addicted to nicotine. Both his parents and his friends smoke cigarettes. His friends started smoking because they thought it made them look more matur
- June 2018, Paper 2, Q15(b) (2 marks): Describe how Jason could use the findings of his study to support a learning explanation of drug addiction. (2) 15 Jason carried out a study on attitudes toward
- June 2018, Paper 2, Q16(a) (4 marks): Describe how one treatment could be used by Helen with people addicted to alcohol. (4) 16 Helen works with people addicted to alcohol. This includes offering tr
- June 2018, Paper 2, Q16(b) (4 marks): Explain one strength and one weakness of one treatment that is used with people addicted to alcohol. (4) 16 Helen works with people addicted to alcohol. This in
- June 2018, Paper 2, Q17 (8 marks): Rachel suffers from alcohol addiction. She started drinking alcohol at a young age, and now drinks excessive amounts of alcohol every day. If Rachel cannot drin
- June 2017, Paper 2, Q16(a) (4 marks): Describe one biological explanation for heroin addiction. (4) 16 Ben is addicted to heroin. His parents want to find out about the causes of heroin addiction.
- June 2017, Paper 2, Q16(b) (2 marks): Explain one weakness of one biological explanation for heroin addiction. (2) 16 Ben is addicted to heroin. His parents want to find out about the causes of hero
- June 2017, Paper 2, Q17 (8 marks): There are several treatments for heroin addiction. Evaluate one treatment for heroin addiction. (8)
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