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Specimen paper
Outline factors influencing attitudes to food and eating behaviour (5 marks)
Outline and evaluate one or more psychological explanations of one eating disorder (4 marks +16 marks)
Jan 2010
‘Dieting often fails because people are trying to go against their biological drive to eat’.
Discuss explanations for the success and/or failure of dieting (25 marks)
June 2010
Discuss explanations of one eating disorder (9 marks and 16 marks)
Jan 2011
Discuss the role of one or more factors that influence attitudes to food.
(4 marks + 8 marks)
Outline and evaluate the role of neural mechanisms in controlling eating.
(5 marks + 8 marks)
June 2011
Outline one psychological explanation of one eating disorder (5)
Outline and evaluate evolutionary explanations of food preferences (4 + 16)
Jan 2012
Discuss neural mechanisms involved in the control of eating behaviour (8+16)
June 2012
Identify an eating disorder. Outline one explanation for this eating disorder (4)
Discuss explanations for the success and/or failure of dieting (4+16)
Jan 2013
‘Attitudes to food and eating behaviours are influenced by a range of factors such as culture, mood and health concerns’
Discuss research into factors influencing attitudes to food and/or eating behaviour. (8 + 16)
June 2013
Outline and evaluate one psychological explanation and one biological explanation of one eating disorder (8 + 16)
June 2014
Discuss evolutionary explanations of food preference (8 + 16)
June 2015
Outline one or more psychological explanation for either anorexia or bulimia (4)
Outline and evaluate one or more explanation for the success and/or failure of dieting (4+16)
Likely for 2016? Attitudes to food and eating behaviour /neural mechanisms
Have you answered this exam question and had feedback on it? Discuss neural mechanisms involved in the control of eating behaviour
(8+16) Please check your files. If you haven’t, then I suggest you answer the question as part of your revision and get some feedback from
me.
Past exam questions on Aggression
Jan 2010: Discuss explanations of institutional aggression (25)
June 2010: Outline the role of genetic factors in aggressive behaviour (4)
Outline & evaluate one social psychological theory of aggression (5 +16)
Jan 2011: Discuss evolutionary explanations of human aggression (9 + 16)
June 2011: Discuss the role of neural and/or hormonal mechanisms in aggression (9 + 16)
Jan 2012: Outline research into institutional aggression (4)
Discuss one or more evolutionary explanations of group display in humans (4 & 16)
June 2012: Outline and evaluate one or more social psychological theories of aggression (8 & 16)
Jan 2013: Discuss evolutionary explanations of aggression including infidelity and/or jealousy (8 & 16)
June 2013: Outline an evolutionary explanation of one example of group display in humans (4)
Discuss genetic factors involved in aggressive behaviours (4 & 16)
Jan 2014 : Outline neural and/or hormonal mechanisms in aggression (4)
Outline and evaluate one social psychological theory of aggression (4 & 16)
June 2015: Discuss research into institutional aggression (8 +16)
Likely 2016? - Evolutionary explanations or genetic or neural/hormonal explanations (could be both)
Past exam questions on Relationships
Specimen Paper:
Outline one or more theories relating to the formation and/or maintenance of relationships. (9 marks)
Evaluate one of the theories outlined with particular emphasis on the nature of relationships in different cultures. (16 marks)
January 2010:
‘To put it at its most basic, women want resources and men want to spread their genes.’
Discuss the evolutionary approach to explaining parental investment in humans (e.g. sex differences, parent-offspring conflict). (25
marks)
June 2010:
Discuss research into the nature of relationships in different cultures.
(9 marks + 16 marks)
January 2011:
Describe and evaluate two or more theories of the formation of romantic relationships.
(9 marks + 16 marks)
June 2011:
Discuss the influence of childhood and/or adolescent experiences on adult relationships.
(9 marks + 16 marks)
January 2012: Discuss research into the breakdown of romantic relationships. (8 marks + 16 marks)
June 2012: Discuss the relationship between sexual selection and human reproductive behaviour (8+16)
Jan 2013:
Outline and evaluate ONE theory of the maintenance of romantic relationships (4+8)
Discuss research into the influence of childhood on adult relationships (4+8)
June 2013:
Outline and evaluate ONE theory of the formation of romantic relationships (4+8)
Discuss research into the influence of culture on adult relationships (4+8)
June 2014: Discuss sex differences in parental investment (8+16)
June 2015: Discuss the influence of childhood on adult relationships (8+16)
Likely 2016 – sexual selection/breakdown