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Q1. Which term describes conforming to a group's behaviour publicly while privately still disagreeing with it?
  • A.  Internalisation
  • B.  Compliance
  • C.  Identification
  • D.  Ingratiation
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✓ Answer: B. Compliance
Compliance is the shallowest form of conformity: the person changes their public behaviour to fit in but their private beliefs remain unchanged, and the behaviour usually stops once group pressure is removed. Internalisation involves a genuine, lasting change in both public and private views.
Q2. Meltzoff and Moore (1977) found that infants as young as 2-3 weeks old could imitate specific adult facial expressions, such as tongue protrusion. This is evidence for:
  • A.  Reciprocity
  • B.  Interactional synchrony
  • C.  Monotropy
  • D.  Disinhibited attachment
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✓ Answer: B. Interactional synchrony
Interactional synchrony involves caregiver and infant coordinating their actions/emotions in a mirrored, temporally matched way. Meltzoff and Moore's finding that very young infants could imitate specific expressions suggested this coordination is present from an early age, distinguishing it from reciprocity's more general turn-taking pattern.
Q3. What is 'summation' in the context of synaptic transmission?
  • A.  The combined effect of excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials determining whether a neuron fires
  • B.  The process by which a neuron regenerates its neurotransmitter supply
  • C.  The single, all-or-nothing firing of an action potential down the axon
  • D.  The formation of new synaptic connections through learning
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✓ Answer: A. The combined effect of excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials determining whether a neuron fires
Summation refers to the process where the postsynaptic neuron adds up all the excitatory and inhibitory signals it receives from multiple synapses; if the net effect reaches threshold, the neuron fires. This can occur spatially, from multiple neurons at once, or temporally, from repeated signals from one neuron.
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Social influence & memory · 37
Attachment & psychopathology · 35
Approaches & biopsychology · 37
Research methods · 37
Issues & debates · 38
Options — relationships, schizophrenia, aggression · 52

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Students interested in psychology, developing critical analysis, independent thinking, and research skills for higher education or employment.

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The real A-Level Psychology (AQA) has 3 questions and lasts 360 minutes. Our mock uses 40 questions in 60 minutes.

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Real exam first-time pass rate: 97.2% (A*-E) in 2026. Difficulty: Popular A-Level; requires critical analysis, independent thinking, and strong exam technique.

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