exam questions

Question 1

Johnny is 25. He’s an anxious person who is teased because he spends hours tidying his desk and chews his pen all the time. He has never had a girlfriend .
Use your knowledge of psychic determinism to explain his behaviour (4)

Answer 1

• psychic determinism suggests that adult behaviour (e.g anxiety and pen chewing) is determined by childhood experiences and unconscious drives.
• Experiences that occurred during stages of psychosexual development are unconsciously manifesting themselves into Johnny’s behaviour.
• e.g pen chewing (oral fixation), relationship problems arising in the genital stage

Question 2

Explain what psychologists mean by socially sensitive research (2)

Answer 2

When the group studied may have implications have the research. May lead to change or justification to prejudices against the group