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6- and 10-marker Model Answers for Explanations of OCD

6- and 10-marker questions in the specimen paper for the 2024-26 syllabus were asked from the explanations of OCD. Learn from model answers below to understand how you should be answering these questions.

And if you haven’t already, watch my video on how to answer such questions which is linked after the download below. Happy learning!

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Watch the video on how to answer the 6- and 10-markers on paper 3 below-

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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.

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

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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.

Download from below. Happy learning!

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Solving Specimen Paper 3 For Health Psychology

Let’s learn how to answer various questions for the health psychology option by studying model answers to the specimen paper in this lesson!

One weakness of the study by Savage and Armstrong is the generalisability of its findings. The researchers recruited 359 participants for their sample but ended up with only 200 as a sizeable number of participants failed to complete one or both questionnaires of the study. This could reduce representativeness of the sample by introducing bias. For example, if only those participants did not complete assessments who were severely ill, then the sample would not represent the preferred consultation style of severely ill patients. This would reduce generalisability of findings to severely ill patients in the population. However, the researchers did try to mitigate the effects of attrition by recruiting a large sample to begin with and by randomly selecting from patients of each surgery doctor, which could have resulted in representation of some severely ill people at least, for instance.

One strength of the study was the use of real-settings. Actual patients who came to visit doctors in an inner London general practice were included in the study. Further, they encountered the consultation style of the doctor during the course of their actual consultation sessions with the doctor. This was as the response of the patients to the doctor’s consultation style could be presumed to be their natural response, generalisable to consultations in everyday practitioner settings. This increases the ecological validity of findings. However, ecological validity is compromised to an extent because the doctor followed prompts given by researchers to adopt a sharing or directed consultation style. Thus, patients might respond differently to doctors who authentically adopt either consultation style in real life.

One weakness of the study is its support for a deterministic explanation of patient satisfaction. The consultation style – sharing or directed – chosen by a doctor is beyond the control of the patient. This is a weakness as this explanation does not consider the choices of the patient in interaction with the doctor, which in turn could influence the style adopted by the doctor towards the patient. As an example, a doctor who adopts a sharing style, upon getting very limited responses from a patient might naturally switch over to a directed style. Thus, patients do also control their interactions with doctors and thereby, their satisfaction with them. Yet, a strength of taking a deterministic explanation is that it makes patient satisfaction predictable and controllable. For example, the result of the study which shows that directed style has an advantage in patient satisfaction over sharing style overall, makes it easy for doctors to know which style to begin with during a consultation with a new patient that will most probably result in success.

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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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Learn how to design the study from the video below-

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Practice Papers 1 and 2

Namaste!

I’ve been getting quite a few requests lately for practice papers according to the latest syllabus pattern. So I’m uploading practice question papers for your upcoming exams. You can download them from below.

All the best and do your best!

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Perry et al. – 10 Marker Strengths and Weaknesses

Q. Evaluate the study by Perry et al. (personal space)  in terms of two strengths and two weaknesses. At least one of your evaluation points must be about use of self-report. [10]

You can download the evaluation essay frame from below. Happy learning!

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A2 - Clinical Psychology

6- and 10-marker Plan for Biological Explanation of Mood Disorders

There’s a lot of content to ‘memorise’ in psychology, isn’t there?

Remembering becomes a lot easier when it is done in an organised way rather than through cramming.

Then, how should students organise content?

By preparing answer writing frames after every lesson!

By organising the textbook content into sections and subsections giving appropriate headings – of course in a question-answer format. That way, students just have to remember a few words of the headings to be able to recall the entire answer that they have understood from the textbook.

Download a sample on how this can be done from below to get more clarity on this approach. Happy learning!

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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]