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A2 - Consumer Psychology

Solving Paper 3 for Consumer Psychology Option – Specimen 2024 – Video Lesson

Highly requested lesson by students – Writing Paper 3 Answers for A level Consumer Psychology – is out now!!

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A2 - Health Psychology

Solving Paper 3 for Health Psychology Option – May/June 2024 – Video Lesson

The most requested lesson students – Writing Paper 3 Answers for A level Health Psychology – is out now!!

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A2 - Health Psychology

Paper 3 10-marker Model Answer for Health Psychology

Learning from the mistakes of others can be a good way to avoid those mistakes yourself. In this lesson, I present you with a 10-marker answer from Paper 3 – health option – on making and presenting a diagnosis that I have corrected.

The question that has been answered is, “Evaluate what psychologists have discovered about making and presenting a diagnosis, including a discussion of validity. [10]

My comments should give you insights on common errors made in answering this type of question and how you can avoid making these errors yourself.

You can download the corrected answer and the following model answer from below. Happy learning!

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A2 - Organisational Psychology

Short Answers for Paper 4 – LPI

Learning from the mistakes of others can be a good way to avoid those mistakes yourself. In this lesson, I present you with answers from Paper 4 – organisation option – on the LPI that I have corrected. My comments should give you insights on common errors made in answering these type of questions and how you can avoid making these errors yourself.

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AS - Exam Practice

10-Marker Answer for Saavedra and Silverman

Learning from the mistakes of others can be a good way to avoid those mistakes yourself. In this lesson, I present you with an average 10-marker, corrected with my feedback so that you can learn how to move beyond average and above-average to the perfect 10-markers for your paper 1.

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A2 - Consumer Psychology

6-Marker Correction and Model Answer for Consumer Psychology

Studying model answers is helpful. Studying erroneous answers, even more so!


In this lesson I present you with two answers – one scoring a 2 and the other scoring a 6 for a six-marker from the specimen paper 3 of consumer psychology.

Read through the comments and understand the scoring carefully to up your exam preparation game.

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A2 - Clinical Psychology

Model Answer for Paper 4 – Design a Study

Designing a study on paper 4 is deceptively simple. It actually requires a due consideration of a number of design features of different research methods.

Learn how to answer the 10-marker on section (a) and the following 2-and 4-markers on sections (b) and (c) by studying the model answer below. And if you haven’t already, watch the accompanying video for this lesson on the link given after this answer. Happy learning!

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AS - Core Studies

Model 10-Marker Answer for the Fagen et al. Study

You can download the model answer from below. Happy learning!

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A2 - Consumer Psychology

Answering AO2 4-markers in Paper 3 for Consumer Psychology

Let’s learn how to answer the 4-marker application questions for in paper 3 for the consumer psychology option today!

Sample Question and Answer

Kitty goes to buy jeans at a large local store. While entering, she notices posters and banners showing the latest trending jeans at the window on the storefront.

The exterior design of the store is such that it contains many pots of different white and red colored roses.

After making her purchase, Kitty tells her sister Mimmy that she really liked the environment of the store and that she would like to visit it every few weeks to check out the collection of jeans there.

With reference to one study on types of store exterior design, explain Kitty’s response to the store. [4]

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Planning your answer

  1. Remember the name of the study on ‘types of store exterior design’
    • Mower et al.
  2. Remember the findings of the study
    • Participants expressed liking of the external environment of the store and showed increased patronage intentions
      • Why?
        • The landscaping was large, containing flowers and ivy pots;
        • The window displays contained mannequin wearing a fashion outfit
  3. Analogise to the ‘Kitty’ scenario
    • Kitty’s response – same as participants of the study;
    • Landscaping – “pots of different white and red roses”
    • Window displays – “posters and banners showing the latest trending jeans”

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Organising your answer-

  1. State the relevant features of the Mower et al.’s study
  2. Link them to the ‘Kitty’ scenario – bring about how the features are found in the scenario, using wording from the scenario

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Writing your answer-

Mower et al., in their study investigating the influence of window displays and landscaping on customers’ mood found that – (1) the presence of landscaping, containing pots of flowers and ivy; and (2) the presence of window displays containing a female manequinn wearing a fashionable outfit; increased liking of the external environment and patronage intentions. In the given scenario, (1) the presence of landscaping in the form of pots of white and red-coloured roses; and (2) the presence of window displays in the form of posters and banners showing the latest trending genes can explain Kitty’s response of telling her sister that she liked the environment of the store and that she would to visit it every few weeks.

Practice Exercises

Using the same planning and organisation suggested above, try to answer the following questions yourself-

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As Winnie begins having his meal wearing his headphones, he hears some loud static noise on them. Nevertheless, he keeps eating. After eating, he thinks to himself that his crackers tasted more bland than usual. He also realises that his flavoured soda tasted sweeter than always.

With reference to one study on background noise and taste, explain Winnie’s unusual experience of his meal. [4]

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Mr. Bear visits a supermarket that is unusually crowded for a weekday afternoon. After the shopping trip, he complains of feeling very fatigued. He also complains that he did not enjoy the shopping trip at all.

With reference to one study on crowding and the PAD model, explain Mr. Bear’s response to the shopping experience. [4]