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    Cambridge International AS & A Level

    PSYCHOLOGY 9990/03
    Paper 3 Specialist Options: Theory For examination from 2020
    SPECIMEN PAPER 1 hour 30 minutes

    You must answer on the enclosed answer booklet.


    *0123456789*

    You will need: Answer booklet (enclosed)

    INSTRUCTIONS
    ● Answer four questions in total:
    Answer questions from two options.
    For each chosen option, answer all questions.
    ● Follow the instructions on the front cover of the answer booklet. If you need additional answer paper,
    ask the invigilator for a continuation booklet.

    INFORMATION
    ● The total mark for this paper is 60.
    ● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

    This document has 4 pages. Blank pages are indicated.

    © UCLES 2019 [Turn over


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    Psychology and abnormality

    Answer all questions.

    1 (a) What do Gottesman and Shields (1972) mean by the term ‘genetic explanation of
    schizophrenia’? [2]

    (b) Describe the cognitive explanation of schizophrenia, as outlined by Frith (1992). [4]

    (c) Compare the cognitive explanation of schizophrenia with one other explanation of
    schizophrenia. [6]

    2 (a) Describe techniques for treating and managing impulse control disorders and non-substance
    addictive disorder. [8]

    (b) Evaluate techniques for treating and managing impulse control disorders and non-substance
    addictive disorder, including a discussion of usefulness of different approaches. [10]

    Psychology and consumer behaviour

    Answer all questions.

    3 (a) Explain what is meant by the term ‘choice blindness’. [2]

    (b) Outline the findings of the study into advertising and false memory by Braun-LaTour et al.
    (2004). [4]

    (c) Discuss the practical applications of conducting research into advertising and false memory.
    [6]

    4 (a) Describe what psychologists have discovered about advertising applications. [8]

    (b) Evaluate what psychologists have discovered about advertising applications, including a
    discussion on cultural bias. [10]

    © UCLES 2019 9990/03/SP/20


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    Psychology and health

    Answer all questions.

    5 (a) What does Melzack (1965) mean by the term ‘gate control theory’? [2]

    (b) Describe the paediatric pain questionnaire proposed by Varni and Thompson (1976). [4]

    (c) Discuss the weaknesses of pain measures for children. [6]

    6 (a) Describe what psychologists have discovered about sources of stress. [8]

    (b) Evaluate what psychologists have discovered about the sources of stress, including a
    discussion of individual and situational explanations. [10]

    Psychology and organisations

    Answer all questions.

    7 (a) Explain what is meant by ‘the leader-member exchange model’ (Dansereau, 1994). [2]

    (b) Describe one way of measuring leadership. [4]

    (c) Discuss one strength and one weakness of the way of measuring leadership that you
    described in part (b). [6]

    8 (a) Describe what psychologists have discovered about temporal conditions of work
    environments. [8]

    (b) Evaluate what psychologists have discovered about temporal conditions of work environments,
    including a discussion of the use of quantitative and qualitative data. [10]

    © UCLES 2019 9990/03/SP/20


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    reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the
    publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity.

    Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of the Cambridge Assessment Group. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of
    Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which itself is a department of the University of Cambridge.

    © UCLES 2019 9990/03/SP/20

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