Health psychology Studies

Worked examples (9)

• 1State the aim of the study (2 marks)
• 2Describe the procedure (4 marks)
• 3Explain why the yoked control was used (4 marks)
• 4Explain the timing of the gastric acid finding (3 marks)
• 5Explain the problem with how the executives were chosen (4 marks)
• 6Explain how Weiss's findings can be reconciled with Brady's (4 marks)
• 7Assess the ethical issues raised by the study (4 marks)
• 8Suggest two improvements to the study (4 marks)
• 9Apply the study to a novel stimulus (4 marks)

Model answers (9)

• ✓Model answer 1
• ✓Model answer 2
• ✓Model answer 3
• ✓Model answer 4
• ✓Model answer 5
• ✓Model answer — Edexcel WPS03 Section B, extended open response
• ✓Model answer — Edexcel WPS03 Section B, extended open response
• ✓Model answer — Edexcel WPS03 Section B, extended open response
• ✓Model answer 9

Worked examples (9)

• 1State the aim of the study (2 marks)
• 2Describe the procedure (4 marks)
• 3Describe the religious coping strategies found (4 marks)
• 4Explain the study's central conclusion (3 marks)
• 5Evaluate the use of qualitative methods in this study (4 marks)
• 6Explain the limitation created by how participants were recruited (3 marks)
• 7Locate the findings within Pargament's framework (4 marks)
• 8Explain the ethical issues raised by the study (4 marks)
• 9Apply the study to a novel stimulus (4 marks)

Model answers (9)

• ✓Model answer 1
• ✓Model answer 2
• ✓Model answer 3
• ✓Model answer 4
• ✓Model answer 5
• ✓Model answer — Edexcel WPS03 Section B, extended open response
• ✓Model answer — Edexcel WPS03 Section B, extended open response
• ✓Model answer — Edexcel WPS03 Section B, extended open response
• ✓Model answer 9

Worked examples (9)

• 1State the aim of the study (2 marks)
• 2Describe the procedure (4 marks)
• 3Explain why random allocation was used (3 marks)
• 4Explain the difference between the two treatments (4 marks)
• 5Explain what 'no significant difference' means here (4 marks)
• 6Interpret the reliable change figures (4 marks)
• 7Evaluate the methodology of the trial (4 marks)
• 8Explain the ethical issues in the trial (3 marks)
• 9Apply the study to a novel stimulus (4 marks)

Model answers (9)

• ✓Model answer 1
• ✓Model answer 2
• ✓Model answer 3
• ✓Model answer 4
• ✓Model answer 5
• ✓Model answer 6
• ✓Model answer — Edexcel WPS03 Section B, extended open response
• ✓Model answer — Edexcel WPS03 Section B, extended open response
• ✓Model answer 9

Worked examples (9)

• 1State the aim of the study (2 marks)
• 2Describe the procedure (4 marks)
• 3Describe the instrument that was adapted (4 marks)
• 4Explain why the expert panel reviewed items blind (3 marks)
• 5Distinguish reliability from validity in this study (4 marks)
• 6Evaluate the reported alpha of .91 (3 marks)
• 7Explain why the authors adapted rather than built a new measure (3 marks)
• 8Explain the ethical issues raised by the study (3 marks)
• 9Apply the study to a novel stimulus (4 marks)

Model answers (9)

• ✓Model answer 1
• ✓Model answer 2
• ✓Model answer 3
• ✓Model answer 4
• ✓Model answer 5
• ✓Model answer 6
• ✓Model answer — Edexcel WPS03 Section B, extended open response
• ✓Model answer — Edexcel WPS03 Section B, extended open response
• ✓Model answer 9