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General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Examination June 2010

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Psychology (Specification A)
Unit 2

PSYA2

Biological Psychology, Social Psychology and Individual Differences 9.00 am to 10.30 am

Thursday 10 June 2010

You will need no other materials.

10 11 TOTAL

Time allowed  1 hour 30 minutes Instructions  Use black ink or black ball-point pen.  Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.  Answer all questions.  You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages.  Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.  If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). Information  The marks for questions are shown in brackets.  The maximum mark for this paper is 72.  Question 3 should be answered in continuous prose. You may use the space provided to plan your answer. In Question 3, you will be marked on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.

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PSYA2

2 Section A Biological Psychology Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

Do not write outside the box

Total for this question: 6 marks 1 The following data show the results from a study into different strategies for coping with stress. 100 student volunteers were first given a talk about emotion-focused approaches and then given a talk about problem-focused approaches. They were then asked which one of these strategies they generally preferred. Preferred coping strategy Emotion-focused approach Men Women 1 (a) 11 27 Problem-focused approach 39 23