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A-LevelPsychologyIssues and debates9990/12 · Oct/Nov 2023 · Q74 Marks

Suggest two real-world applications based on the study by Yamamoto et al. (chimpanzee helping). Your suggestions must be ethical.

Mark scheme

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

  1. 7 1 mark for what the application is (clearly based on Yamamoto et al.).
  2. 7 1 mark for how it will be achieved.
  3. 7 e.g. The procedure could be used in schools to teach about helping behaviour (1 mark: what); teachers could set up a similar scenario so that children have to interact / understand the needs of others to be able to complete the task of helping someone else (1 mark: how)
  4. 7 Parents can use these ideas to promote helping behaviour in their children (1 mark: what). Parents can reward their children when specific helping behaviours are seen (to increase the likelihood they continue) (1 mark: how)
  5. 7 A teacher can use rewards in the classroom to motivate children (1 mark: what).

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Topic
Issues and debates, A-Level Psychology (syllabus 9990). Structured question, 4 marks.
Source
A-Level Psychology, Oct/Nov 2023 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 7.

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