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A-LevelPsychologyCognitive approach9990/12 · May/June 2020 · Q24 Marks

From the study by Laney et al. who investigated whether new information about liking asparagus can change old information:

  1. (a)Outline one psychological concept that was investigated in this study.[2]
  2. (b)Outline one result from the Food History Inventory in Experiment 2 of this study.[2]

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2020). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

  1. [1] (Positive) false memories;
  2. [1] These are memories that are an apparent recollection of an event/behaviour/situation that never actually happened
  3. [2] The mean confidence of the Love Group increased more than the Control Group
  4. [1] The mean confidence of the Love Group increased

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Topic
Cognitive approach, A-Level Psychology (syllabus 9990). Structured question, 4 marks.
Source
A-Level Psychology, May/June 2020 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 2.

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