Official June 2026 AQA AS PSYCHOLOGY 7181/2 Paper 2 Psychology in context Merged Question Paper + Mark Scheme (36pages)

Official June 2026 AQA AS PSYCHOLOGY 7181/2 Paper 2 Psychology in context Merged Question Paper + Mark Scheme Ace your Mocks!!! *JUN247181201* IB/G/Jun24/G4002/V7 7181/2 For Examiner’s Use Section Mark A B C TOTAL Tuesday 21 May 2026 Afternoon Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes Materials For this paper you may use: • a calculator. Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. • Answer all questions. • You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages. • If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). • Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. Information • The marks for questions are shown in brackets. • The maximum mark for this paper is 72. • You will be assessed on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. Please write clearly in block capitals. Centre number Candidate number Surname Forename(s) Candidate signature I declare this is my own work. AS PSYCHOLOGY Paper 2 Psychology in context 2 *02* IB/G/Jun24/7181/2 Do not write outside the Section A box Approaches in Psychology Answer all questions in this section. 0 1 Outline the emergence of psychology as a science. [4 marks] Extra space 3 *03* Turn over ► IB/G/Jun24/7181/2 Do not write outside the box 0 2 Describe how Bandura investigated social learning. [4 marks] Extra space 0 3 Briefly explain one limitation of the way Bandura investigated social learning. [2 marks] Turn over for the next question 4 *04* IB/G/Jun24/7181/2 Do not write outside the box 0 4 Outline one role of schema according to the cognitive approach. [2 marks] 0 5 Figure 1 shows a typical motor neuron. Four components of the motor neuron are labelled A, B, C and D. Figure 1 Typical motor neuron Using the letters given in Figure 1, correctly identify the components of the motor neuron in the table below. [4 marks] Componen