OCR A LEVEL 2022 PSYCHOLOGY QUESTION PAPER -H567-03 PAPER 3-H567/03 Applied psychology

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Section A: Issues in mental health Answer all the questions in Section A. 1 (a) Outline one similarity between two historical views of mental illness. [3] (b) Outline one difference between two his... torical views of mental illness. [3] 2 (a) Describe the characteristics of an anxiety disorder. [3] (b) Discuss the usefulness of knowing the characteristics of disorders. [5] 3 Alex is headteacher of a large secondary school. Alex is concerned that growing numbers of pupils at the school seem to be experiencing problems with their mental health. How might a cognitive psychologist explain to Alex why the pupils may be experiencing mental health problems? [5] 4 In the key research by Gottesman et al. (2010), the following findings were reported for admissions to psychiatric care by the age of 52 years: Schizophrenia Bipolar disorder % of their children admitted Number of couples % of their children admitted Number of couples Both parents admitted with the disorder 27.3 196 24.95 83 One parent admitted with the disorder 7.0 8006 4.4 11995 Neither parent admitted with the disorder 0.86 1080030 0.48 1080030 (a) Outline two conclusions that can be drawn from these findings. [4] (b) Outline two suggestions a psychologist might make about how these findings could be used. [4] (c) To what extent can these findings be considered reliable? [Show More]

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