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A-LevelPsychologyBiological approach9990/12 · May/June 2023 · Q74 Marks

Suggest two real-world applications based on the study by Dement and Kleitman (sleep and dreams). Your suggestions must be ethical.

  1. Suggest two real-world applications based on the study by Dement and Kleitman (sleep and dreams). Your suggestions must be ethical. 1 2[4]

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2023). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

  1. 1 mark for what the application is (clearly based on Dement and Kleitman).
  2. 1 mark for how it will be achieved.
  3. e.g. It can help people with sleep related disorders (1 mark: what). Patients can be attached to an EEG monitor to see if brain waves whilst sleeping are typical or not (1 mark: how).
  4. It can be used in therapy involving dream analysis (1 mark: what). Patients can be woken up in REM sleep (via a device that detects REM sleep) and asked to recall the content of their dream immediately (1 mark: how).
  5. It can be used to promote better quality sleep (1 mark: what). People can use their watch / sleep app to measure/track sleep/REM time to see if sleep is good or needs 'improving' (1 mark: how).
  6. It can be used by a mattress company to see if their mattresses promote good quality sleep (1 mark: what).
  7. There are other creditworthy suggestions.

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About this question

Topic
Biological approach, A-Level Psychology (syllabus 9990). Structured question, 4 marks.
Source
A-Level Psychology, May/June 2023 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 7.

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