Official June 2026 AQA A-level PSYCHOLOGY 7182/1 Paper 1 Introductory topics in psychology Merged Question Paper + Mark Scheme (41pages)

Section A box Social influence Answer all questions in this section. 0 1 Outline one ethical issue that has arisen in social influence research. Refer to one or more social influence studies in your answer. [4 marks] Extra space 3 *03* Turn over ► IB/G/Jun24/7182/1 Do not write outside the 0 2 Charlie has just started at a new school. He has become friendly with a group of boys in box his year group. Charlie thinks they are ‘cool’. One day, one of the more popular boys in the group suggests they all wear their school jumpers inside-out for a week, ‘just to see what will happen’. Charlie worries about this all night but still goes to school the following day wearing his jumper inside-out. Use your knowledge of conformity to explain Charlie’s behaviour. [6 marks] Extra space 4 *04* IB/G/Jun24/7182/1 Do not write outside the 0 3 box Later that day, the headteacher calls each of the boys in the group to his office one-by-one, including Charlie. He explains that the school jumper should not be worn inside-out, and that a detention will be given to any boy who disobeys. From then on, each boy wears their jumper correctly. Use your knowledge of obedience to explain the boys’ behaviour. [6 marks] Extra space 5 *05* Turn over ► IB/G/Jun24/7182/1 Do not write outside the 0 4 Discuss consistency box and flexibility as processes involved in minority influence. [8 marks] 6 *06* IB/G/Jun24/7182/1 Do not write outside the box Extra space 24 7 *07* Turn over ► IB/G/Jun24/7182/1 Do not write outside the Section B box Memory Answer all questions in this section. 0 5 A researcher wanted to test if there is a relationship between the passage of time and recall of nonsense words. They gave 30 participants 40 nonsense words to learn, then tested recall at fixed intervals over several weeks. The nonsense words were standardised to ensure they were of similar difficulty and length. When writing up the investigation, the researcher represented their data on a scattergram. Briefly explain how the use of inferential statistics would improve this investigation. [3 marks]