Psychology J203,02 June 2023 , OCR GCSE Past Papers with Mark Schemes

1. Sleep & Dreaming | Exogenous zeitgebers, sleep cycle stages, REM sleep definition, causes and treatments for insomnia, nervous system role in sleep regulation, Williams et al. (1992) study on dream bizarreness, and evaluation of Activation-Synthesis Theory.

2. Memory | Braun et al. (2002) advertising and memory distortion, leading questions in surveys, amnesia classifications, decay theory of forgetting, Wechsler Memory Scale applications, and experimental designs in memory research.

3. Social Influence | Brain areas related to self-esteem and moral reasoning, authoritarian personality traits, Bickman’s (1974) study application in social behavior campaigns, locus of control effects on crowd behavior, and generalizability of research findings.

4. Research Methods | Investigating productivity in work environments, opportunity vs. random sampling, independent measures design rationale, statistical calculations (range, fractions, percentages), experimenter bias impact, extraneous variable control via standardization, and normal distribution curve representation.