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Every Edexcel A-Level Psychology exam question on 9.2 Synoptic review of studies, 2016–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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- June 2025, Paper 3, Q3(b) (6 marks): Using research evidence, explain how far social learning theory can account for the findings of the preschool children and PE study. (6) 3 Preschool children an
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q4 (16 marks): Evaluate Rosenhan (1973) and Raine et al. (1997) in terms of ethical issues. (16)
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q5 (12 marks): Kristie is at school in her biology class, sitting next to her friend Dominique. Dominique regularly cheats on class tests and Kristie has witnessed this but al
- June 2024, Paper 3, Q3(b) (6 marks): Using research evidence, explain how far learning theories can account for the findings of the screen advertising and children study. (6) 3 Screen advertising a
- June 2024, Paper 3, Q4 (16 marks): Evaluate Baddeley (1966b) and Rosenhan (1973) in terms of their scientific status. (16)
- June 2024, Paper 3, Q5 (12 marks): Carli and Anthony are at their sixth form college and they are looking at social media pictures of Carli’s recent 18th birthday party on Carli’s mobile phone. T
- June 2023, Paper 3, Q3(b) (6 marks): Using research evidence, explain how far learning theories could account for the findings of the anti-littering study. (6) 3 Anti-littering study Researchers wa
- June 2023, Paper 3, Q4 (16 marks): Evaluate Rosenhan (1973) and Sherif et al. (1954/1961) in terms of their practical issues in design and implementation. (16)
- June 2023, Paper 3, Q5 (12 marks): Ada was reading a book about a woman who became a police officer and solved an important crime. She enjoyed reading the book so much that she read it all in a s
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q3(b) (6 marks): Using research evidence, explain how far social learning theory could account for the findings of the reconciliation after romantic conflict study. (6) 3 Reconc
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q4 (16 marks): Evaluate Watson and Rayner (1920) and Sherif et al. (1954 / 1961) in terms of ethical issues. (16)
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q5 (12 marks): Jay and his friends are 17 year-olds and are all learning to drive a car. Some of his friends are studying for their theory test and some are practising for the
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q3(b) (6 marks): Using research evidence, explain how far evolution and natural selection could account for the findings of the scary and nasty beasts study. (6) 3 Scary and nas
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q4 (16 marks): Evaluate the classic studies by Raine et al. (1997) and Watson and Rayner (1920) in terms of the role of nature and nurture. (16)
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q5 (12 marks): During the college summer holiday, Rhianna went to a large music festival where she saw musicians and bands who played various genres of music. These included r
- October 2020, Paper 3, Q3(b) (6 marks): Using research evidence, explain how far biological psychology could account for the findings regarding the purchase of in-game rewards in the computer video ga
- October 2020, Paper 3, Q4 (16 marks): Evaluate the classic studies by Raine et al. (1997) and Sherif et al. (1954/1961) in terms of their scientific status. (16)
- October 2020, Paper 3, Q5 (12 marks): Janworth High School wanted their staff and students to exercise more. The head teacher found that students would not listen to staff about the benefits of phys
- June 2019, Paper 3, Q3(b) (6 marks): Using research evidence, explain how operant conditioning could support the findings of the monkeying around study. (6) 3 Monkeying around Researchers wanted to
- June 2019, Paper 3, Q4 (16 marks): Evaluate the classic studies by Baddeley (1966b) and Watson and Rayner (1920) in terms of reductionism. (16)
- June 2019, Paper 3, Q5 (12 marks): Aaondi is a country that has had the same president for 20 years. The president orders the citizens to grow specific vegetables in their gardens, reduce water c
- June 2018, Paper 3, Q3(b) (6 marks): Explain how far social impact theory can support the findings of the ‘instigators’ and an unethical act study. (6) 3 ‘Instigators’ and an unethical act A study
- June 2018, Paper 3, Q4 (16 marks): Evaluate the classic studies by Watson and Rayner (1920) and Raine et al. (1997) in how they could be used as a means of social control. (16)
- June 2018, Paper 3, Q5 (12 marks): When commuting to college Sam notices that whichever form of public transport he uses strangers rarely communicate with each other. He notices that people tend
- June 2017, Paper 3, Q3(b) (6 marks): Explain how useful social learning theory could be in accounting for the findings of the Superman vs The Joker study. (6) 3 Superman vs The Joker Playing comput
- June 2017, Paper 3, Q4 (16 marks): Psychology is the scientific study of the human mind and behaviour. The findings of psychological research have been used to help solve major problems across th
- June 2017, Paper 3, Q5 (12 marks): Companies that enable people to meet potential romantic partners are becoming increasingly popular. Some companies include a series of questions during registra
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