plumiBrain plasticity: OCR A‑Level Psychology questions
Every OCR A-Level Psychology exam question on Brain plasticity, 2021–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 7 questions on Brain plasticity, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q6 (5 marks): Briefly discuss the extent to which the findings of Maguire et al.’s (2000) study on taxi drivers can be considered valid.
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q9 (2 marks): Identify two ways Maguire et al. (2000) matched the two groups of participants in their study of taxi drivers. 1
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q3 (6 marks): Outline three different results from Blakemore and Cooper’s (1970) study into the impact of early visual experience. 1
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q5(b) (5 marks): Discuss to what extent Maguire et al.’s (2000) contemporary study in biological psychology changes our understanding of brain plasticity when compared to Blakem
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q1(a) (1 mark): Identify the dependent variable in Maguire et al.’s (2000) study into the brains of taxi drivers.
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q1(b) (2 marks): Give two ways in which the taxi drivers and the control group were matched in this study.
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q1(c) (2 marks): Outline one strength of the type of data collected in this study.
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