Psychology and abnormality

Question 1

a)

Explain what is meant by ‘pyromania’.

b)

Describe the study by Glover (2011) that used covert sensitisation as a treatment for kleptomania.

c)

Explain one strength and one weakness of the study by Glover.

Question 2

Describe explanations of depression.

Evaluate explanations of depression, including a discussion about reductionism versus holism.

Psychology and consumer behaviour

Question 3

a) Identify two shopper movement patterns from the study by Gil et al. (2009).

b) Dayan and Bar-Hillel (2011) conducted a laboratory study and a field study on primacy, recency and menu item position.

Outline any two results from these studies by Dayan and Bar-Hillel.

c) Discuss the validity of these studies by Dayan and Bar-Hillel.

Question 4

a) Describe what psychologists have discovered about retail/leisure environment design (retail store architecture, leisure environments, store interior layout).

b) Evaluate what psychologists have discovered about retail/leisure environment design (retail store architecture, leisure environments, store interior layout), including a discussion about generalisability.

Psychology and health

Question 5

a) Practitioners may make type I or type II errors in diagnosis. Outline one of these types of error, including an example in your answer.

b) Describe the procedure of the study by Robinson and West (1992) on disclosure of information to a practitioner.

c) Explain two weaknesses of the study by Robinson and West.

Question 6

a) Describe what psychologists have discovered about the management of stress.

b) Evaluate what psychologists have discovered about the management of stress, including a discussion of experiments.

Psychology and organisations

Question 7

a) Outline how a token economy can be used to reduce accidents at work.

b) Describe the study by Oldham and Brass (1979) on open plan offices.

c) Explain one strength and one weakness of the study by Oldham and Brass.

Question 8

a) Describe what psychologists have discovered about measuring job satisfaction.

b) Evaluate what psychologists have discovered about measuring job satisfaction, including a discussion about psychometrics.