Dealing with Offending Behaviour (AQA A Level Psychology): Exam Questions

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1a4 marks

A psychologist used a set of negative images to assess angry attitudes before and after participants took part in a 30-minute anger management session.

In a repeated measures design, 15 participants were tested before and after the session using a single set of images.

Explain how two sets of images could be used in this study and why this would be an improvement

1b4 marks

Each participant had a different total score in the before condition, where the maximum score was 40 and the median score was 23.

How many of the participants had a score < the median in the before condition? Explain your answer.

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A group of probation and prison officers attended a training session on how to deal with offenders. They each offered suggestions and the group leader wrote some of the suggestions on a flip chart.

Table 6 below shows some of the suggestions.

Table 6. Suggestions on how to deal with offenders

Get him to talk about what makes him angry

Make him do something to help the victim

Give him points for TV time when he behaves well

Teach him how to calm himself down

Teach him the link between behaviour and consequences

Discuss one or more ways of dealing with offending behaviour.

Refer to some of the suggestions in Table 6 in your answer.

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