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Unit 3 – PSYB3 Child Development and Applied OptionsPSYB3 is split into two sections. These are: Section A: Child Development where you must answer one topic (chosen from 3)Section B: Applied Psychology Options where you must answer two topics (chosen from 5)TeachingSection A: Child Development – taught by Mr BennettSection B: Applied Options:3.3.5 Schizophrenia and Mood Disorders – Miss Earl3.3.8 Forensic Psychology – Mr BennettFind below all of the past paper questions relating to schizophrenia and mood disorders from 2003-2012. Some things have been removed from the specification which explains why there are very few questions for some years.NOTE some of the essay questions are presented as 5 A01 and 7 A02 or other combinations. For your exam ALL questions will be 4 A01 and 8 A02.These need to form an essential part of your revision!January 20037 (a) Identify three symptoms used in the diagnosis of schizophrenia. (3 marks)(b) Outline and briefly discuss one socio-cultural explanation for schizophrenia. (5 marks)(c) Describe and discuss the use of drug therapy for mood disorders. (12 marks)June 20037 (b) Outline one therapy for depression and briefly discuss its effectiveness. (5 marks)(c) Describe and discuss one socio-cultural explanation for schizophrenia. Refer to empiricalevidence in your answer. (12 marks)January 20047 (a) Name and outline two types of mood disorder. (4 marks)(b) Briefly discuss one problem involved in the diagnosis of mood disorders. (4 marks)(c) Discuss one biological treatment for schizophrenia, such as drug therapy. (12 marks)June 20047 (a) Explain what is meant by bipolar depression. (3 marks)(b) Outline and briefly discuss one explanation for schizophrenia. (5 marks)(c) Describe and discuss one explanation of mood disorders. Refer to empirical evidence in your answer. (12 marks)January 20057 (a) From the point of view of patients suffering from schizophrenia, outline one advantage and one limitation of community care. (4 marks)(b) Briefly discuss one problem with the psychodynamic approach to schizophrenia. (4 marks)(c) Outline and evaluate at least one cognitive treatment for mood disorders. (12 marks)June 20057 (a) Archie spends hours in the same position, apparently unaware of what is going on around him. Occasionally, he will become extremely agitated and have brief periods of excitable and exaggerated movement before returning to his immobile state.Viv is convinced that there are people under the floorboards in her house and that they are listening to everything she says and does. Sometimes she can hear them talking about her and how they will hurt her when she is asleep at night.With reference to the two cases above, outline what is meant by classification of schizophrenia. (4 marks)(b) Briefly discuss the family dysfunction explanation of schizophrenia. (4 marks)(c) Describe and discuss at least one biological explanation of schizophrenia. Refer to empirical evidence in your answer. (12 marks)January 20067 (b) Patients suffering from schizophrenia are usually treated with anti-psychotic drugs. Describe and discuss at least two other ways in which schizophrenia might be treated. Refer to empirical evidence in your answer. (12 marks)June 20067 (a) Briefly discuss labelling as an explanation for schizophrenia. (3 marks)(b) Describe one study in which a treatment for schizophrenia was investigated. Indicate why the study was conducted, the method used, results obtained and conclusion drawn.(5 marks)(c) Discuss biological explanations for unipolar and bipolar mood disorders. (12 marks)January 20077 (a) Describe how a cognitive therapist might treat a patient with unipolar depression. (4 marks)(b) Briefly discuss one explanation for bipolar depression. (4 marks)(c) Anthony, aged 24 years, has recently been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Two of his aunts have been treated for schizophrenia. When asked about his parents, he says they did not get on well. His mother was harsh, demanding and difficult to talk to. His father was hardly ever at home.Discuss at least two explanations for schizophrenia. Refer to Anthony’s case in your answer. (12 marks)June 20077 (a) Identify one sub-type of schizophrenia and give two symptoms typically associated with that sub-type. (3 marks)(b) Briefly discuss psychotherapy as a treatment for schizophrenia. (5 marks)(c) Describe and discuss the effectiveness of biological treatments of mood disorders. Refer to evidence in your answer. (12 marks)January 20087 Angela suffers from unipolar depression. The psychologist treating Angela is trying to explain her condition to a health worker, giving details of symptoms and possible explanations for her depression.(a) Identify two symptoms of Angela’s depression the psychologist might report. (2 marks)(b) The psychologist offers a cognitive explanation for Angela’s depression.(i) Briefly describe one cognitive explanation the psychologist might give. (4 marks)(ii) Suggest one strength and one limitation of the cognitive explanation you have described in your answer to (b) (i). (2 marks)(c) Two different approaches to the treatment of schizophrenia are institutional care and community care. Compare these two approaches. Refer to evidence in your answer.(12 marks)June 20087 (a) (i) Describe one biological explanation for schizophrenia. (4 marks)(ii) Briefly evaluate the biological explanation for schizophrenia that you have given in your answer to (a) (i). (4 marks)(b) Describe and discuss the cognitive approach to explaining and/or treating depression. (12 marks)January 2009 – not available onlineJune 2009 – not available onlineJanuary 20103.3.5 Schizophrenia and Mood Disorders5 (a) Briefly discuss how cognitive psychologists have explained mood disorders. (4 marks) (b) Identify two sub-types of schizophrenia. Explain one problem associated with thediagnosis of schizophrenia. (4 marks)(c) Discuss the use of anti-psychotic drugs to treat schizophrenia. (12 marks)June 20103.3.5 Schizophrenia and Mood Disorders1 9 Briefly discuss two limitations of the treatment that you have outlined in your answer to 1 8 (4 marks)2 0 Josie is in her late thirties. Her friend, Caroline, has noticed changes in her behaviour lately and is worried that Josie might be suffering from depression.Give two behavioural changes that might have led Caroline to think that Josie is depressed (2 marks)2 1 Josie has a family history of depression and has experienced a number of significant events in her life, including the loss of her husband. Josie appreciates that Caroline is concerned about her, but she still thinks that everything is hopeless and that she has nothing to look forward to.Describe and evaluate two explanations for depression. Refer to Josie in your answer (12 marks)January 20113.3.5 Schizophrenia and Mood Disorders1 8 Outline two socio-cultural explanations of schizophrenia. (4 marks)1 9 Briefly discuss two limitations of community care in the treatment of schizophrenia.(4 marks)[AO2 = 4]2 0 Stephan has been diagnosed with unipolar depression and is discussing biological and cognitive treatment options with his doctor. Stephan asks the doctor about both types of treatment and about their strengths and limitations. Describe both types of treatment and discuss the strengths and limitations of each. (12 marks)June 2011 3.3.5 Schizophrenia and Mood Disorders1 9 Identify two behaviours typically shown by a person in the manic phase of bipolar disorder. (2 marks)2 0 Briefly discuss at least one problem involved in the use of drugs to treat bipolar disorder.(4 marks)January 201219 Describe the psychodynamic explanation for depression. (4 marks)20 Outline at least two ways in which a cognitive psychologist might explain depression in a person who has recently become unemployed. (4 marks)21‘The most suitable treatment for schizophrenia is medication and this treatment should take place in an institution.’Discuss this view. (12 marks)June 201217 Explain one difference between unipolar depression and bipolar depression. (2 marks)18 Briefly describe one study in which treatment for unipolar depression or bipolar depression was investigated. (3 marks)19 People with schizophrenia can be cared for either in hospital or in the community.Briefly discuss one reason why it might be preferable for a person with schizophrenia to be cared for in the community. (3 marks)20 Describe and evaluate biological explanations for schizophrenia. Refer to evidence in your answer. (12 marks) ................
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