plumiThe historical context of mental health: OCR A‑Level Psychology questions
Every OCR A-Level Psychology exam question on The historical context of mental health, 2021–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 16 questions on The historical context of mental health, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q2(a) (4 marks): Describe one way mental disorders can be categorised.
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q2(b) (4 marks): Outline one problem a clinical psychologist might have when categorising mental disorders. Use an example of a mental disorder to support .
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q3(a) (3 marks): Outline one conclusion that can be drawn from these findings.
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q3(b) (3 marks): Outline one suggestion a psychologist might make about how these findings could be used.
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q3(c) (6 marks): Assess the reliability of these findings.
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q4 (10 marks): Discuss the validity of definitions of abnormality.
- June 2024, Paper 3, Q1 (6 marks): Outline two historical views of mental illness.
- June 2023, Paper 3, Q4 (7 marks): To what extent can historical views of mental illness be considered scientific?
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q1(a) (3 marks): Outline one similarity between two historical views of mental illness.
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q1(b) (3 marks): Outline one difference between two historical views of mental illness.
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q2(a) (3 marks): Describe the characteristics of an anxiety disorder.
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q2(b) (5 marks): Discuss the usefulness of knowing the characteristics of disorders.
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q1(a) (4 marks): How might one of the historical views of mental illness explain Ali’s behaviour?
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q2(a) (3 marks): How did Rosenhan explain the behaviour of the abusive staff?
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q2(b) (6 marks): Describe two ways in which the key research by Rosenhan (1973) could have been improved.
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q3 (8 marks): Compare the characteristics of an affective disorder with the characteristics of a psychotic disorder.
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