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A-level Psychology (AQA) — Issues and options in Psychology: 380 practice questions
380 original A-level Psychology (AQA) questions on Issues and options in Psychology, each with an explanation and its source. Topics: Stress measurement: SRRS, Stress measurement: hassles, Stress measurement: SCR, Workload, Control at work, Type A behaviour, Type B behaviour, Hardiness components, Commitment, Challenge, Stress inoculation therapy, Biofeedback, Instrumental support, Emotional support, Esteem support, Stress and illness: cardiovascular disorders, Stress and immune function, Daily hassles, Gender and coping, Type C pattern, Aggression in prisons: dispositional and situational explanations, Aggression: neural, hormonal and genetic mechanisms, Forensic Psychology: cognitive explanations of offending, Forensic Psychology: offender profiling, Forensic Psychology: custodial sentencing and effects, Forensic Psychology: behaviour modification in custody, Forensic Psychology: anger management in custody, Aggression: ethological and evolutionary explanations, Aggression: media influences, including computer games, Forensic Psychology: Eysenck’s theory of the criminal personality, Eating behaviour: family-systems theory of anorexia nervosa, Relationships: equity theory, Addiction: cognitive theory of gambling and cognitive bias, Addiction: behavioural interventions — aversion therapy and covert sensitisation, Schizophrenia diagnosis: co-morbidity, symptom overlap, culture and gender bias, Schizophrenia: dopamine hypothesis and neural correlates, Schizophrenia drug therapy: typical and atypical antipsychotics, Schizophrenia: cognitive explanation and dysfunctional thought processing, Schizophrenia: family dysfunction and expressed emotion, Schizophrenia: cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) as a treatment. Two free samples are below. Try 5 more free, no sign-up.
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Two Issues and options in Psychology questions with explanations
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Q1 Stress measurement: SRRS
Which scale scores major life events by the adjustment they require?
- Social Readjustment Ratings Scale: scores major life events by required adjustment.
- Hassles and Uplifts Scale: records everyday hassles and positive uplifts.
- Skin conductance response: a physiological index linked to sweat-gland activity.
- Daily hassles are recurring minor demands or irritations.
Q2 Stress measurement: hassles
Which measure records everyday hassles and positive uplifts?
- Social Readjustment Ratings Scale: scores major life events by required adjustment.
- Skin conductance response: a physiological index linked to sweat-gland activity.
- Life changes are significant events requiring adjustment.
- Hassles and Uplifts Scale: records everyday hassles and positive uplifts.
OTHER UNITS
A-level Psychology (AQA) practice questions by unit
- Research methods 61
- Clinical Psychology and Mental Health 31
- Issues and debates 21
- 4.2.3 20
- Approaches in Psychology 30
- Psychology in context 60
- Introductory topics in Psychology 120
- Relationships 35
- Gender 35
- Cognition and development 30
- Eating behaviour 61
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