Cambridge Past Paper Questions
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Poor adherence in asthma patients has been associated with more wheezing and more frequent need for hospitalisations. Patients with the most severe...
The Minnesota satisfaction questionnaire (MSQ) measures satisfaction with the work environment. The long version takes 15-20 minutes to complete, u...
Design an experiment to investigate the effectiveness of covert sensitisation for treating kleptomania.
Design a study to investigate whether males are 'raider' type shoppers and females are 'explorer' type shoppers.
Design a study to investigate age differences in the disclosure of medical information to a health practitioner.
Design a study to investigate how colour of lighting in a factory affects productivity level.
‘Telephone-administered cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) will never be as effective as face-to-face...
'Satisficing is the only model needed to explain consumer decision-making.' To what extent do you agree with this statement? Use examples of resea...
'It does not matter whether patients understand the medical terms their doctor uses. In order to get better, they just have to do what their doctor...
'The two-factor theory of job satisfaction is too reductionist to be useful.' To what extent do you agree with this statement? Use examples of res...
Design a study to investigate which type of phobia the general public think is the most common.
Design a study using a questionnaire to investigate whether people prefer a customer-focused approach or a product-focused approach when buying a n...
Design a study using an interview to investigate what the students in a school understand by the terms 'acute pain' and 'chronic pain'.
Design a study using observations to investigate which followership type is the most common in an organisation producing toys.
Evaluate the study by Schachter and Singer (two factors in emotion) in terms of two strengths and two weaknesses. At least one of your evaluation p...
In the study by Pepperberg (parrot learning), several features of the procedure helped to improve reliability.
In the study by Andrade (doodling), one possible uncontrolled variable was whether the participants had friends with the same names as the people i...
In the study by Yamamoto et al. (chimpanzee helping), quantitative data was collected.
Kira is conducting a correlational study looking for a relationship between level of creativity and the amount of time spent playing sport. Kira co...
Ruth is planning an interview to investigate the emotional effect of being a wedding guest.
Jabir is investigating the social lives of old people and is using a questionnaire to measure their friendships.
Nuan wants to test the idea that the way words are presented affects recall. She predicts that people will recall more words from a list they hear ...
In the study by Baron-Cohen et al. (eyes test), two of the groups of participants used were: • Group 1 - AS/HFA participants • Group 4 - participan...
The study by Piliavin et al. (subway Samaritans) raised ethical issues of 'right to withdraw' and 'deception'. Explain why the study by Piliavin et...
In the study by Pepperberg (parrot learning) the sample was only one parrot, Alex. This parrot could have differed from other parrots of the same s...
The mean and the mode are measures of central tendency.
Describe participant observation and non-participant observation, using any examples.
Section B Answer all questions in this section. Two friends, Zvi and Bill, are conducting a natural experiment. They are collecting data by observi...
Jacy is conducting a laboratory experiment to investigate the effect of eating chocolate on mood. She predicts that eating chocolate will make peop...
Dr Lee is measuring two variables, tiredness and generosity, on scales of 0 to 10. He finds a strong positive correlation between the two variables.
Section C Answer all questions in this section. Seth is planning a case study to investigate the communication and emotion in a family. The family ...
Answer all questions in this section.
The study by Canli et al. (brain scans and emotions) raised ethical issues of 'right to withdraw' and 'protection from harm'.
In the study by Laney et al. (false memory), random allocation was used.
In the study by Bandura et al. (aggression), children were shown a room full of attractive toys to play with but were told they were for other chil...
Two studies are using different methods to investigate the topic of dreaming in deaf people: : Dr Kahlil is studying Joseph, who is deaf and has dr...
Jane is planning a laboratory experiment with two groups of participants. One group speaks one language fluently and the other group speaks two or ...
Kofi is planning an observation of aggression in sport. He will attend a range of different sporting events to record aggressive behaviour. At firs...
Naia wants to interview young people about how environmental issues make them feel. She wants to collect data about emotional responses to issues s...
Riley notices that children at his school appear to be nicer to each other at morning play time than at afternoon play time.