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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level
PSYCHOLOGY Paper 2 Core Studies 2 SPECIMEN PAPER
9698/02
For Examination from 2012 1 hour 30 minutes
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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Answer both questions in Section A Answer one question in Section B At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
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2 Section A (50 marks) Answer both questions in this section. 1 Veale and Riley (mirror gazing) used a questionnaire to investigate the beliefs and behaviours of patients with BDD in front of mirrors. An alternative way to investigate this problem would be to conduct a field experiment in which participants who have or do not have BDD were observed out shopping to see how frequently they looked at themselves in plate glass windows and in mirrors in shops. (a) Describe the field experiment as a research method. (b) Describe how this alternative study could be conducted. [5] [10]
(c) Evaluate this alternative approach to studying this problem in psychology in practical and ethical terms. [10] 2 Demattè, Ősterbauer and Spence (smells and facial attractiveness) investigated the effect of olfactory cues on attractiveness of male faces to female participants. They asked the participants many relevant questions prior to the experiment but did not ask about their sexual orientation. (a) What is meant by ‘generalisation’? (b) To what
PSYCHOLOGY Paper 2 Core Studies 2 SPECIMEN PAPER
9698/02
For Examination from 2012 1 hour 30 minutes
Additional Materials:
Answer Booklet/Paper
READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Answer both questions in Section A Answer one question in Section B At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
This document consists of 3 printed pages and 1 blank page. [Turn over
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2 Section A (50 marks) Answer both questions in this section. 1 Veale and Riley (mirror gazing) used a questionnaire to investigate the beliefs and behaviours of patients with BDD in front of mirrors. An alternative way to investigate this problem would be to conduct a field experiment in which participants who have or do not have BDD were observed out shopping to see how frequently they looked at themselves in plate glass windows and in mirrors in shops. (a) Describe the field experiment as a research method. (b) Describe how this alternative study could be conducted. [5] [10]
(c) Evaluate this alternative approach to studying this problem in psychology in practical and ethical terms. [10] 2 Demattè, Ősterbauer and Spence (smells and facial attractiveness) investigated the effect of olfactory cues on attractiveness of male faces to female participants. They asked the participants many relevant questions prior to the experiment but did not ask about their sexual orientation. (a) What is meant by ‘generalisation’? (b) To what