Psychology J203,02 November 2021 , OCR GCSE Past Papers with Mark Schemes

1. Memory | Encoding in long-term memory, Multi-Store Model capacity and limitations, digit span experiment analysis, Wilson et al. (2008) amnesia study, hippocampus role in memory formation, advertising techniques for memory recall.

2. Social Influence | NatCen (2011) study on the August riots, locus of control and crowd behavior, dispositional factors in anti-social behavior, gender and authority perceptions, majority influence in reducing mental health stigma.

3. Sleep & Dreaming | Williams et al. (1992) study on dream bizarreness, insomnia causes and exogenous zeitgebers, Freudian dream theory components, reductionism in explaining sleep and dreaming.

4. Research Methods | Observing digital technology use in education, sampling methods and generalizability, observational vs. questionnaire-based data collection, statistical analysis of gender differences in technology use, observer bias vs. observer effect.