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A-LevelPsychologyAbnormalityOct/Nov 2021Paper 4 Q115 Marks

A woman was treated by Glover (2011) for kleptomania. She had a 14-year history of daily compulsive shoplifting and was treated with covert sensitisation. At a 19-month follow-up she was free of stealing behaviour apart from one lapse, and there were corresponding improvements in her self-esteem and socialisation.

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This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Psychology (9990) Oct/Nov 2021 examination, Paper 4 Variant 1. It tests the topic of Abnormality and is worth 15 marks.

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