Pearson BTEC National Applied Psychology: Revision Guide

Introduction Exam advice Types of exam questions AO1 Description (with or without scenario) e.g. State, Give, Name, Describe, Identify Unit 1 + Unit 3 State what is meant by the term ‘vicarious learning’. (1 mark) Give one assumption of the biological approach. (1 mark) Identify one type of conformity. (1 mark) Name one route to persuasion of the elaborationlikelihood model. (1 mark) Describe any one stage of the transtheoretical model. (3 marks) AO2 Application (to scenario) e.g. Describe, Explain, Justify Unit 1 + Unit 3 Jak became a vegan at university when she lived with students who were vegans. She is still a vegan many years later as are most of her friends. Molly went out with Jak for a while and became a vegan during this time. But when the relationship ended Molly went back to eating meat. Explain one possible reason from the social approach why Molly became a vegan. (2 marks) Taz gave up gambling online. But they told a friend they had relapsed, saying, ‘I missed the excitement of going online. I saw the flashing lights, the sounds and colours, and I remembered how much I enjoyed gambling.’ Describe how the learning approach could help us understand why Taz has relapsed. (3 marks) Adi drinks alcohol every day. He admits this is bad for his health but he enjoys it. Adi’s best friend says he should cut down. Adi knows his friend will help him but he has tried to cut down before and it didn’t work. Explain how the theory of planned behaviour could predict the likelihood of Adi cutting down his drinking. (2 marks) AO3 Evaluation (with or without scenario) e.g. Explain, Compare Unit 1 + Unit 3 Compare normative social influence and informational social influence as explanations of conformity. (3 marks) Arwa sells chilli sauces and most of her sales come from the bandwagon effect because people don’t want to ‘miss out’. Arwa is considering running a two-for-one offer. Explain one alternative way to understand how the offer could lead to higher sales of Arwa’s chilli sauces. (3 marks) Extended writing (with or without scenario) e.g. Analyse, Discuss, Assess, Evaluate Unit 1 + Unit 3 Discuss how the cognitive approach can help us to understand aggression. (9 marks) Mia identifies as a girl. She won a school prize for creative writing. Mia’s dad praises her for helping her brother with homework. But he wasn’t so keen on Mia playing rugby. Mia follows several beauty influencers online. Assess how the behaviourist and/or social learning approaches can be used to understand Mia’s gender. (9 marks) Will is a single father and has a demanding job. He can’t always get child care and never feels on top of his work. He has no time to relax or to see friends. Will feels so stressed he cannot cope and has been to see his doctor. Evaluate one talking therapy that could help Will reduce his stress levels. (6 marks) The Unit 1 exam Unit 1 (Psychological Approaches and Applications) is externally assessed by one exam. You will be awarded a mark for the whole paper, which will contribute to your grade of Distinction (D), Merit (M), Pass (P), Near Pass (N) or Unclassified (U). The exam is 1 hour 30 minutes long and the total number of marks available is 72. The paper is divided into three sections (Section A, B and C), each worth 24 marks. Each section contains material from both content areas A and B. The Unit 3 exam Unit 3 (Health Psychology) is externally assessed by one exam. Again, you will be awarded a mark for the whole paper, which will contribute to your grade of Distinction (D), Merit (M), Pass (P), Near Pass (NP) or Unclassified (U). The exam is two hours long and the total number of marks available is 70. The paper is divided into three sections (Section A, B and C), with 20 marks for Section A, 20 marks for Section B and 30 marks for Section C. Each section may contain material from all content areas A, B and C. The ‘Apply it’ boxes throughout this book contain questions to help you practise all your skills, especially application. These are exam-type questions, very much like the real thing. They include scenarios because the majority of exam questions are scenario-based. Apply it Please note: The advice, answers and comments given here are not from the exam board but are our interpretation of ‘the rules of the game’. 4 Copyright: Sample material

RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy Nzc1OTg=