Exemplar Candidate Work PSYCHOLOGY

1 LEVELPSYCHOLOGYE xemplar Candidate WorkH567 For first teaching in 2015H567/03 Applied PSYCHOLOGY Summer 2017 examination seriesVersion 1 Exemplar Candidate Work2A Level PSYCHOLOGY OCR 2017 ContentsIntroduction 3 Question 1a 4 Question 1b 6 Question 2 10 Question 3a 12 Question 3b 14 Question 4 17 Question 5a 23 Question 5b

2 29 Question 5c 35 Question 6a 38 Question 6b 42 Question 6c 49 Question 7a 52 Question 7b 55 Question 7c 60 Question 8a 63 Question 8b

3 68 Question 8c 74 Exemplar Candidate Work3A Level PSYCHOLOGY OCR 2017 IntroductionThese Exemplar answers have been chosen from the summer 2017 examination series. OCR is open to a wide variety of approaches and all answers are considered on their merits. These exemplars, therefore, should not be seen as the only way to answer questions but do illustrate how the mark scheme has been applied. Please always refer to the specification ( ) for full details of the assessment for this qualification.

4 These Exemplar answers should also be read in conjunction with the sample assessment materials and the June 2017 Examiners Report to Centres available on the OCR website The question paper, mark scheme and any resource booklet(s) will be available on the OCR website from summer 2018. Until then, they are available on OCR Interchange (school exams officers will have a login for this). It is important to note that approaches to question setting and marking will remain consistent. At the same time OCR reviews all its qualifications annually and may make small adjustments to improve the performance of its assessments. We will let you know of any substantive Candidate Work4A Level PSYCHOLOGY OCR 2017 Question 1(a)Outline how mental hospitals failed to detect sanity in the research by Rosenhan (1973).

5 [2]High level answer 2 marksExaminer commentaryThe Candidate identified that the pseudo patients were admitted with a diagnosis of schizophrenia (1 mark); the failure to detect sanity shown by the fact that they stayed for an average of 19 days and were released as Schizophrenics in remission (2nd mark). Exemplar Candidate Work5A Level PSYCHOLOGY OCR 2017 Medium level answer 1 markExaminer commentaryThe Candidate speaks broadly about their admission only (1 mark) Exemplar Candidate Work6A Level PSYCHOLOGY OCR 2017 Question 1(b)Discuss ethical considerations of the research by Rosenhan (1973). [6]High level answer 6 marksExaminer commentaryVery good answer including details of the cultural location Amsterdam and the fact that it cannot be applied to other cultures making it ethnocentric.

6 Both elements are present in context for 2 Candidate Work7A Level PSYCHOLOGY OCR 2017 Medium level answer 3 marksExemplar Candidate Work8A Level PSYCHOLOGY OCR 2017 Examiner commentaryThis Candidate has identified ethical considerations, one more clearly than the other, one is wrapped in some context. More clarity of evidence required for 4th mark, and discussion needed for 5 Candidate Work9A Level PSYCHOLOGY OCR 2017 Examiner commentaryThis Candidate has identified ethical considerations (2 marks), but there is no analysis or level answer 2 marksExemplar Candidate Work10A Level PSYCHOLOGY OCR 2017 Question 2 Richard and Wendy are parents. They have just been told that their son has a psychotic disorder.

7 They don t understand what this might a clinical psychologist explain to Richard and Wendy the characteristics of a psychotic disorder? [6]High level answer 6 marksExaminer commentaryThis Candidate answered in a straightforward way. They did this by making broad statements about DSM (1-2 marks), it showed some detailed knowledge that was appropriate and applicable to the layman (3-4 marks) and applied this to explaining to a couple about their son. (5-6 marks). The Candidate was also mindful of the how request in the question. Very few candidates were able to address all these Candidate Work11A Level PSYCHOLOGY OCR 2017 Examiner commentaryThis Candidate broadly addressed the theme of the question (1-2 marks) with some reference to some symptoms such as hallucinations and hearing voices.

8 (3 marks). The treatment of dopamine does not address a question about application of explaining characteristics and so is irrelevant. There is little or no engagement with applying knowledge to explain to level answer 3 marksExemplar Candidate Work12A Level PSYCHOLOGY OCR 2017 Question 3(a)Outline a biological treatment of one specific disorder. [5]High level answer 5 marksExaminer commentaryThe Candidate outlines a treatment and shows good understanding, not just generally but with reference to some detail. The detail does not need to be intricate, merely indicate that the Candidate has knowledge beyond broad coverage and general understanding. The quality of response is thus beyond reasonable.

9 Exemplar Candidate Work13A Level PSYCHOLOGY OCR 2017 Examiner commentaryThis response is clearly very limited, but does have a reference to a specific drug and a relevant neurotransmitter, hence the higher mark in the limited level answer 2 marksExemplar Candidate Work14A Level PSYCHOLOGY OCR 2017 Question 3(b)Discuss one strength and one weakness of the biological treatment referred to in your answer to question 3(a). [6]High level answer 6 marksExemplar Candidate Work15A Level PSYCHOLOGY OCR 2017 Examiner commentaryThis Candidate identifies a strength, and later a weakness.

10 For each they then outline the strength/weakness, showing some level of analysis. They then comment on this, fulfilling the discuss command in the question. As a guide, there is one mark for identifying, one for outlining and one for commenting, for each of a strength and a weakness , so these do not need to be in any Candidate Work16A Level PSYCHOLOGY OCR 2017 Low level answer 1 markExaminer commentaryThe Candidate s suggested strength receives no marks. The weakness of drugs (prozac) treating symptoms not underlying cause receives a mark, but the analysis and discussion do not relate to this. Exemplar Candidate Work17A Level PSYCHOLOGY OCR 2017 Question 4To what extent are alternatives to the medical model of explaining mental illness scientific?