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6761/01Edexcel GCEPsychologyAdvanced Subsidiary/Advanced LevelUnit Test 1Wednesday 11 January 2006 – MorningTime: 1 hour 30 minutes

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Instructions to CandidatesIn the boxes above, write your centre number, candidate number, your surname, initial(s) and yoursignature.Check that you have the correct question paper.Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided in this question paper.

Information for CandidatesThe marks for individual questions and parts of questions are shown in round brackets: e.g. (2).There are 6 questions in this question paper. The total mark for this paper is 72.There are 24 pages in this question paper. Any blank pages are indicated.Question 6, which is the essay question, is awarded up to 4 marks for Quality of WrittenCommunication.

Advice to CandidatesYou will be assessed on your ability to organise and present information, ideas, descriptions andarguments clearly and logically, taking into account your use of grammar, punctuation and spelling.

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1. (a) For each statement below, write in the boxes provided whether it is true or false inrelation to Piaget’s theory of cognitive development.

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With expert tuition it is possible for a child to skip oneof the stages of development.

The majority of children will not pass throughdevelopmental stages.

Formal operational tasks are not as abstract asconcrete operational tasks.

Pre-operational children will normally be egocentric.

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(b) (i) Identify one study from the Cognitive-Developmental Approach.

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(ii) Outline the results and conclusions of the study you have identified in (b)(i).

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(iii) Evaluate the study you have identified in (b)(i).

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2. (a) Outline one problem with field experiments that may affect the results.

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(b) (i) Describe one study from the Social Approach other than Milgram’s.

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(ii) Evaluate the study you have described in (b)(i).

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3. (a) Identify, by ticking the adjoining box, which one of the statements below is anassumption of the Cognitive Approach.

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The laboratory experiment is a method commonly used in the Cognitive Approach.

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It is not possible to identify common processes in theminds of humans.

The human mind can be understood by comparing it toa computer.

Humans are illogical and their behaviours cannot beunderstood.

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(c) Outline one strength and one weakness of laboratory experiments.

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(d) In the Cognitive Approach there are a number of different theories of how memoriesare created. Outline two theories of memory.

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4. (a) Outline one key assumption from the Social Approach. Include one example toillustrate your answer.

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(b) (i) Using your knowledge of the Social Approach, outline one theory that describeshow behaviour can be influenced by another individual.

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(ii) Evaluate the theory you have outlined in (b)(i).

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Use your understanding of the Cognitive Approach to explain why it might not be safe toconvict someone of a crime on the basis of eyewitness testimony alone.

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There are a small number of cases in which a crime appears to have been solved butin reality the wrong person has been convicted. These mistakes can often be due to aneyewitness who, without realising it, has given an inaccurate witness statement.

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6. Discuss the way ideas and/or theories from the Cognitive-Developmental Approach haveshaped or influenced the way children are educated.

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