Sources of Stress (AQA A Level Psychology): Exam Questions

10 mins2 questions
14 marks

A psychologist investigated workplace stress in two groups of people. People in Group A were employed by a company and people in Group B were self-employed.

Each person completed a stress test and was given an overall score. The psychologist then calculated average scores for each group. The results are shown in Table 4 below.

Table 4

Table comparing mean, median, and mode scores for Group A and Group B. Group A: mean 22.4, median 22.5, mode 22. Group B: mean 26, median 22.5, mode 16.

Using the data in Table 4, explain how the distribution of scores in Group A differs from the distribution of scores in Group B.

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16 marks

Outline life changes as a source of stress and outline one limitation of life changes as a source of stress.

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