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WorksheetsY11 Mock Revision Paper 1 Psychology
Total questions: 84
Worksheet time: 44mins
The terms "growth mindset" and "fixed mindset" were coined by which psychologist.
Piaget
Dweck
Burner
Gardner
if you believe that intelligence can be developed to any level by anyone with sufficient effort under typical circumstances then you have a
fixed mindset
deluded mindset
positive mindset
Growth Mindset
Identify one form of knowledge that might benefit from drilling
Essay writing
Understanding of psychological theory
Times tables
Problem solving
Where do the learning theories of learning fall on the nature vs nurture side of the debate?
Nature
Nurture
Interactionist
Nowhere
which criticism of Learning Styles is not correct?
there's no sound evidence to support improvement
the focus on different learning styles has been beneficial for teaching
there are so many styles that it is impossible to put anything into practice
Evidence suggests that learning styles improve students ability to learn
What was the aim of Blackwell's study?
To investigate the impact of mindset on maths achievement
To investigate at what age children develop the skill of conservation
To investigate the impact of personality on delinquency
To investigate how role models can lead to criminal behaviour
What was the procedure of Blackwell's study 2?
Correlation: students were given a questionnaire about motivation and then some were taught about growth mindset
Experiment: students were given a questionnaire about motivation and then some were taught about growth mindset
Correlation: students were given a questionnaire about motivation and maths tests at two time points
Experiment: students were given a questionnaire about motivation and maths tests at two time points
What impact did the classes about growth mindset have on students in Blackwell's second study?
Better achievement
Better progress
Worse achievement
Worse progress
How was Blackwell's study reductionist?
Only focussed on mindsets
Only focussed on learning styles
Only focussed on biological factors
Only focussed on personality
How might schools help to develop the skill of conservation in primary school?
Through role play
Playing hide and seek
By introducing gardening
Playing with cups and water
What advice would Piaget give school teachers?
Only teach children skills that they are ready to learn
Praise for effort, not achievement
Teach for meaning
Use the child's preferred learning style
What theory led to the development of Key Stages in school?
Piaget's stages of cognitive development
Dweck's theory of growth mindset
Learning styles
Willinghams' ideas on learning for meaning
Select the key term for the definition: interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas
Cognitive development
Development
Accommodation
Assimilation
What proportion of people reach Piaget's formal operations stage of cognitive development?
10%
25%
50%
100%
What does Piaget ignore in his theory of cognitive development?
The role of teachers
The role of assimilation
The role of accommodation
The role of the environment
Which type of crime includes graffiti?
acquisitive
anti-social
vandalism
harrassment
Which method of measuring crime involved talking to people who have been convicted?
victim surveys
offender surveys
official statistics
unofficial statistics
Which of the ways of measuring crime fails to reveal the dark figure of crime?
official statistics
offender surveys
victim surveys
self-report
According to social learning theory, how do people learn new behaviours?
through their personality
through observation and imitation
through accommodation and assimilation
through revision
Identify the key word for the following definition: when someone sees their role model being reward for a behaviour and therefore imitates that behaviour
direct reinforcement
observation
vicarious reinforcement
internalisation
Identify the key word for the following definition: when someone is rewarded for a behaviour which means they do it more
direct reinforcement
observation
vicarious reinforcement
internalisation
Does the social learning theory focus on the role of nature or nurture?
nature
nurture
neither
What does social learning theory NOT explain about crime?
How it is learnt
Why children of criminal parents are more likely to offend
How it started
Why people in deprived areas are more likely to offend
How would social learning theory suggest we reduce crime? (select all that apply)
Use prison as vicarious punishment
Use role models
Use medication
U
What was Cooper and Mackie's IV
Type of game played
Amount of punishment given with a buzzer
Type of toy played with
Level of aggression
Click on BOTH the experimental design of Cooper and Mackie's study and a strength of that design
independent measures
no participant variables
repeated measures
no order effects
In Cooper and Mackie's study, children were asked how long they would punish an imaginary naughty child by...
saying a length of time in seconds
multiple choice answer
pressing a buzzer
drawing a picture
True or false - Boys who played the violent game in Cooper and Mackie's study spent more time with the aggressive toy
True
False
Tick all the weaknesses of Cooper and Mackie's study
low ecological validity
temporal bias
low population validity
participant variables
Which personality trait is associated with the reticular activation system?
Extraversion
Neuroticism
Openness
Psychoticism
How does Eysenck's theory ignore individual differences?
Doesn't take into consideration eye colour
The theory is determinist
The theory only applies to Americans and Britons
With such a range of crimes, it seems unlikely that criminals share a similar personality
Define determinism
theories that only look at one factor
behaviour is controlled by your own free will
theories that look at the 'bigger picture'
behaviour is controlled by internal and external factors
Choose all the weaknesses of Heaven's study
too small
all in the same social class
all similar ages
all the same nationality
all the same religion
Heaven's study had low validity of which kinds?
construct
ecological
population
What is rehabilitation?
A way of dealing with crime that judges them
A way of dealing with crime that aims to reduce antisocial behaviour
A way of dealing with crime that involves meeting the victim
A way of dealing with crime that aims to increase prosocial behaviour
How does Jahoda define mental health?
A set of criteria that constitute 'ideal' mental health
A continuum from mentally healthy to mentally ill
Behaviour that fits with social norms
Behaviour that is adaptive and doesn't cause harm
Identify the mental health disorder below that has highest prevalence in the UK?
Depression
OCD
Phobias
Schizoprenia
What is stigma?
when someone sees you in a negative way because of your mental illness
when someone treats you in a negative way because of your mental illness
when someone forces the mentally ill into treatment without consent
when someone gives a diagnosis to a patient
What is a hallucination?
a firmly-held idea that a person has despite clear and obvious evidence that it isn’t true
sounds or other sensations experienced as real when they exist only in your mind
trouble concentrating and maintaining your train of thought, which may manifest itself in the way that you speak
Apparent unawareness of the environment; social withdrawal
What is a delusion?
a firmly-held idea that a person has despite clear and obvious evidence that it isn’t true
sounds or other sensations experienced as real when they exist only in your mind
trouble concentrating and maintaining your train of thought, which may manifest itself in the way that you speak
Apparent unawareness of the environment; social withdrawal
What is the prevalence of schizophrenia in the UK?
1%
4-10%
20-25%
44-50%
Which race has a higher incidence of diagnosis of depression in the UK?
White/Caucasian
Caribbean/African origin
Asian origin
Hispanic origin
What symptom of schizophrenia is associated with the temporal lobes?
auditory hallucinations
delusions
lack of motivation
speech poverty/ disorganised speech
Which part of the brain is associated with memory?
hippocampus
temporal lobes
pre-frontal cortex
limbic system
What does the biological theory of schizophrenia ignore?
nature: the role of internal processes
nurture: the role of poverty and family circumstances
Does the biological theory of schizophrenia show cause and effect?
Yes because it's clear that the neurological differences lead to the disorder
No because the neurological differences could cause or be caused by schizophrenia
No because it's clear that the neurological differences lead to the disorder
Yes because the neurological differences could cause or be caused by schizophrenia
Does the biological explanation of schizophrenia account for free will
No - it's determinist
Yes - it's determinist
No - people can change their behaviour
Yes - people can change their behaviour
What was the sample in Daniel et al's study?
20 People on the streets of New York
10 Students from US university
10 patients with schizophrenia from US hospital
A small number of children from Geneva
Identify the correct findings from Daniel et al's study into schizophrenia
Amphetamines caused increased blood flow to PFC and improved performance in WCST
Amphetamines caused decreased blood flow to PFC and improved performance in WCST
Amphetamines caused increased blood flow to PFC and worse performance in WCST
Amphetamines caused decreased blood flow to PFC and worse performance in WCST
Why was Daniel et al's study not representative?
It included mainly white people, when schizophrenia is more prevalent in black people
It included mainly black people, when schizophrenia is more prevalent in white people
It included mainly older people, when schizophrenia is more prevalent in younger people
It included mainly younger people, when schizophrenia is more prevalent in older people
What could have been an extraneous variable in Daniel et al's study?
Participants variables
SPECT - the scan used to measure blood flow
Schizophrenia
Halperidol - the drug given to stabilise patients before the experiment
What is the social drift theory of schizophrenia?
Having schizophrenia causes people to become lower class
Having schizophrenia causes people to become higher class
Being lower class causes people to develop schizophrenia
Being higher class causes people to develop schizophrenia
What is disengagement of individuals from society?
when people withdraw from groups and activities
when the majority does not accept and actively excludes certain individuals
when family members react to individuals with criticism
when biology causes someone to struggle to form or maintain relationships
Other than social drift, what two other explanations could account for higher prevalence of schizophrenia in the working class?
Social pressures of being in a higher class could cause schizophrenia
There could be a biological difference
Physical factors of being in a lower class could cause schizophrenia
There could be a bias in diagnosis
Who does the theory of social drift ignore?
society
family members
employers, peers, wider acquaintances
Which of the following is not a way in which depression can be seen as an adaptive behaviour?
it can reduce conflict in groups
it can restore harmony
it can prevent a 'loser' from seeking further failure
it can lead to destructive behaviours
According to social rank theory, what does depression prevent people from doing in situations where they've 'lost'?
Seeking further failure by looking for more competition
Accepting their place in the social hierarchy
Talking about their feelings
Avoiding further failure by looking for less competition
What type of person can the social rank theory not account for?
Successful people with
Homeless people with depression
Successful people without depression
Homeless people without depression
Does the ABC model consider free will?
Yes - it suggests someone can control the way they interpret an event
Yes - it is determinist
No - it suggests someone can control the way they interpret an event
No - it is determinist
How can free will be seen as a strength of the ABC model?
It has positive implications for treatment - people can change their interpretation of events with therapy
It has negative implications for treatment - people can't change their interpretation of events with therapy
It can lead to stigma as patients may be blamed for experiencing depression
It reduces stigma as patients can't be blamed for experiencing depression
How can free will be seen as a criticism of the ABC model?
It has positive implications for treatment - people can change their interpretation of events with therapy
It has negative implications for treatment - people can't change their interpretation of events with therapy
It can lead to stigma as patients may be blamed for experiencing depression
It reduces stigma as patients can't be blamed for experiencing depression
What was the aim of Tandoc's study?
To see whether depression could be predicted by Facebook use and the link to envy
To see whether personality can be linked to criminal behaviour
To see whether there were any common factors associated with the Tottenham rioters
To see whether brain damage can cause amnesia
Identify the correct conclusion of Tandoc's study
Facebook use can lead to depression
Facebook use doesn't lead to depression
Facebook envy can lead to depression
Facebook envy doesn't lead to depression
Which of the following statements is correct?
Tandoc's study had low construct validity because it was a simple measurement of a complex phenomena
Tandoc's study had high construct validity because it was a simple measurement of a complex phenomena
Tandoc's study had low construct validity because it was a complex measurement of a simple phenomena
Tandoc's study had high construct validity because it was a complex measurement of a simple phenomena
How do anti-depressants work to treat depression?
They alter levels of dopamine in the brain
They alter levels of serotonin in the brain
It challenges the reality of delusions and hallucinations
It challenges irrational beliefs
Which of the following would help to improve the 'ecological validity' of an experiment?
Doing the experiment at the normal time of day for that activity
Doing the experiment in a different room to normal
Doing the experiment in controlled conditions
Doing the experiment with everyone all at the same time
What does using 'counterbalancing' in an experiment help to prevent?
Order effect
Participant variables
Demand characteristics
Bias
Tick ALL the following types of experimental design which DO NOT provide order effects:
Independent groups
Matched pairs
Repeated measures
Please tick ALL the statements below that refer to 'opportunity sampling':
It is quick and easy to produce
The sample is likely to be very biased
The sample is not likely to be representative
The sample will always contain a mix of genders
Please tick ALL of the statements that are true for systematic sampling:
The sample avoids researcher bias
The sample will be representative
The sample is created by choosing every nth person from a list
The sample always produces an equal amount of each gender
Which variable within an experiment is the one that is changed to see what effect is has?
Independent variable
Dependent variable
Extraneous variable
Confounding variable
Which variable within an experiment is the one that needs to be controlled so that it doesn't accidentally affect the results?
Independent variable
Dependent variable
Extraneous variable
Confounding variable
In an experiment that looks at the effect of listening to music on learning, tick ALL the boxes that would be relevant extraneous variables that would need to be controlled:
The time of the day that the experiment took place
The style of music that the participants were listening to
The room where the experiment was completed
The nature of the task that had to be completed
"The amount of breakfast you have to eat will have no effect on your level of concentration in the morning".
What type of hypothesis is this?
Null hypothesis
Alternative hypothesis
Directional hypothesis
Non-directional hypothesis
"The amount of sleep you have will improve your level of concentration in the morning".
What type of hypothesis is this?
Null hypothesis
Alternative hypothesis
Directional hypothesis
Non-directional hypothesis
Tick all of the statements below that are true for a 'laboratory experiment'
The experiment takes place in a laboratory
All of the variables are carefully controlled
The results are considered to be very reliable
The results are true to real life situations
Tick all of the statements below that are true for a 'field experiment'
A confederate is usually used
Some of the variables are carefully controlled
The experiment takes place in a natural environment
Demand characteristics are likely present
Tick all of the statements below that are true for a 'natural experiment'
It can take a very long time to achieve the results
Some of the variables are carefully controlled
The experiment takes place in a natural environment
Demand characteristics are unlikely to be present
Which of the following is the correct definition for 'demand characteristics'?
The participants can work out the aim of the experiment and change their behaviour
The participants will perform better in the first condition than the second condition
The participants will request to know everything about everyone involved in the experiment
The participants are very different to those in the other condition
A teacher wanted to know there was a gender difference in the time spent doing homework between students at his school. The teacher got a random sample of 20 girls and 20 boys and got them to record the time they spent doing homework at the end of each day for 4 weeks. One limitation of this type of experiment?
Can't establish cause and effect because of extraneous variables
Highly controlled experiment, lacks ecological validity.
The materials used could be influenced by social desirability bias
The sample used were unrepresentative of the school
A teacher wanted to know there was a gender difference in the time spent doing homework between students at his school. The teacher got a random sample of 20 girls and 20 boys and got them to record the time they spent doing homework at the end of each day for 4 weeks. Why does he need a pilot study?
The teacher wants to see if his hypothesis is correct
To test the behavioural categories are clear
To check that the questionnaire used is clear
Is this a positive or negative skew...
Positive skew
Negative skew
Which of these is not a measure of dispersion?
mean
range
standard deviation
variance
What does the alternative hypothesis in an experiment state?
there will be an effect of the IV on the DV
there will not be an effect of the IV on the DV
there will be a relationship between the IV and the DV
there will not be a relationship between the IV and the DV
