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Legitimate power depends on an accepted social right to issue instructions, not on expertise or rewards alone.
The screened sample may not represent all adults who would have been eligible for less restrictive research.
Transparent coding and evidence let a reader judge whether themes follow from the responses.
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Correct answer: Legitimate power
Legitimate power depends on an accepted social right to issue instructions, not on expertise or rewards alone.
Correct answer: People with relevant psychological or medical risks were excluded, producing a safer but selective sample
The screened sample may not represent all adults who would have been eligible for less restrictive research.
Correct answer: Define a coding procedure and support each theme with representative data extracts
Transparent coding and evidence let a reader judge whether themes follow from the responses.
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Distance from the experimenter made resistance and deceptive compliance easier than in face-to-face instructions.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Social psychology content without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
Volunteers opt in after seeing an invitation, which can produce volunteer bias if they differ from non-volunteers.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Social psychology research methods without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
The result suggests strong situational pressure remained, although the partial procedure cannot test maximum-shock obedience.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Social psychology studies without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
Results present what was found; interpretation, limitations and implications belong mainly in the discussion.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Social psychology practical investigation without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
Modality-specific interference is expected if verbal and visuospatial processing rely on partly separate systems.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Cognitive psychology content without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
Changing the sequence for different participants helps prevent practice or fatigue from favouring one condition.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Cognitive psychology research methods without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
HM's relatively limited semantic impairment contrasted with patients whose lesions extended beyond medial temporal structures.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Cognitive psychology studies without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
Significance is decided by comparing the calculated statistic with the correct critical value, not by its size alone.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Cognitive psychology practical investigation without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
Reduced prefrontal control may make aggressive responses less effectively inhibited, especially alongside limbic activation.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Biological psychology content without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
CAT is useful for locating gross structural abnormalities but does not directly measure moment-to-moment brain activity.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Biological psychology research methods without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
Reduced prefrontal functioning was interpreted in relation to poorer regulation, while not being sufficient to explain murder alone.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Biological psychology studies without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
Risk management must reflect participant age, possible distress, sensitive disclosure and the need for clear safeguarding procedures.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Biological psychology practical investigation without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
Freud proposed that early-stage conflicts shape later personality, although the account is difficult to test scientifically.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Learning theories and development content without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
Clear, observable and mutually exclusive categories let different observers classify the same events consistently and replicate the procedure.
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The rat changed from a neutral stimulus to a conditioned stimulus through repeated pairing with an aversive unconditioned stimulus.
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Agreement shows whether the coding frame can be applied consistently rather than depending on one observer's judgement.
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Bowlby argued that continuous early attachment supports healthy development, although later evidence distinguishes separation from broader deprivation.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Developmental psychology content without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
A longitudinal association supports temporal order but remains vulnerable to confounding and does not prove attachment is the sole cause.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Developmental psychology studies without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
Clinical interviewing can reveal reasoning that fixed responses miss, although interviewer influence must be controlled.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Developmental psychology research methods without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
Interactionism explains how biological maturation changes responses to experience while experience also changes developmental pathways over time.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Developmental psychology issues and debates without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
Jurors may remember an allegation but misattribute it to admissible trial evidence, allowing publicity to influence their judgement.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Criminological psychology content without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
The result supports concern that intense anxiety can impair face identification in realistic settings, though stress was not randomly assigned.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Criminological psychology studies without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
Socially sensitive conclusions should not turn group associations into deterministic claims about individuals.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Criminological psychology research methods without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
The scale treats adjustment demands as stressors but may underrepresent individual appraisal and cultural differences.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Health psychology content without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
The finding was interpreted as an effect of responsibility and stress, though feeding and procedural confounds complicate the conclusion.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Health psychology studies without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
The question concerns association between paired ordinal measurements rather than a difference between conditions.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Health psychology research methods without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
Medication may reduce positive symptoms but can cause adverse effects and does not address every social or cognitive difficulty.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Clinical psychology content without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
A mediator describes a possible pathway linking predictor and outcome, but cross-sectional evidence alone cannot establish temporal causation.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Clinical psychology studies without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
Research evidence must be applied within professional duties rather than overriding individual assessment and consent.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Clinical psychology research methods without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
Agreement indicates that category definitions can be applied consistently rather than reflecting one person's expectations.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Clinical psychology practical investigation without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
Interpretation depends on whether monozygotic and dizygotic twins experience equally comparable environments and represent the wider population.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Psychological research methods without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
Group-level biological associations cannot justify labelling an individual as inevitably aggressive or dangerous without behavioural and contextual evidence.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Key questions in society without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
Scientific convenience alone does not justify deception; researchers must show necessity, control foreseeable harm and restore informed understanding afterward.
Watch for: Do not describe a study or theory for Psychological issues and debates without applying or evaluating it. Separate what the evidence shows from what can reasonably be concluded.
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Pearson Edexcel IAL · Psychology 2026 · A Level · Psychology · YPS01
Issue 6; first assessment January 2026
Source checked: 2026-08-29. The current official specification controls assessment requirements and option choices.
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