Actual 2025/2026 AQA A-level PSYCHOLOGY 7182/3 Paper 3 Merged Question Paper + Mark Scheme

Read the examples in Table 1 then answer Questions 01 and 02.
Table 1
Angie is a psychologist who believes that phobias are affected by unconscious forces.
Bibi is a psychologist who believes that phobias are best treated holistically.
Carlo is a psychologist who believes that phobias are influenced by both nature
and nurture.
Dalia is a psychologist who believes that phobias can be explained in terms of
conditioning theory.
Emma is a psychologist who believes that phobias can be reduced to the levels of
cells and chemicals.
0 1 Which psychologist believes in interactionism? Write the correct name in your
answer book.
[1 mark]
0 2 Which psychologist believes in environmental reductionism? Write the correct name in
your answer book.
[1 mark]
0 3 What is meant by ethnocentrism in psychology?
[2 marks]
0 4 Outline two limitations of ethnocentrism.
[4 marks]
Section A
Issues and debates in psychology
Answer all questions in this section.
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0 5 Maria is a successful gymnast. Her mother was also an athlete and encouraged Maria
throughout her childhood, taking her to practice sessions before school from the age
of 5 years.
Maria is being interviewed about her success as a gymnast. In the interview she says,
‘I don’t know if I am like my mum or not. Wherever it came from, I always had a strong
motivation to succeed. Maybe I didn’t really have much choice. I was destined to be
a gymnast.’
Discuss determinism in psychology. Refer to Maria in your answer.