Syllabus Edition

First teaching 2025

First exams 2027

Animal Studies in Attachment (AQA A Level Psychology): Exam Questions

Exam code: 7182

44 mins9 questions
11 mark

Which of the following describes imprinting?

  • Animal offspring will follow the first human they see once born

  • Animal offspring will cling to the first moving object they see once born

  • Animal offspring will follow the first moving object they see once born

  • Animal offspring will hide from the first moving object they see once born

21 mark

Which of the following describes the two 'mothers' implemented by Harlow in his maternal deprivation study using rhesus monkeys?

  • A loving mother and an unloving mother

  • A real mother and a fake mother

  • A wire mother and a cloth mother

  • A monkey mother and a human mother

32 marks

Outline one limitation of Harlow's research using rhesus monkeys.

13 marks

Briefly describe the findings of Lorenz's research into imprinting in geese.

24 marks

Briefly evaluate Lorenz's research into imprinting.

33 marks

Briefly describe the procedure used in Harlow's monkey study.

16 marks

Outline how Lorenz and Harlow studied attachment using animals.

216 marks

Outline Lorenz’s and Harlow’s animal studies of attachment. Discuss what these studies might tell us about human attachment.

38 marks

Outline animal studies in attachment. Briefly evaluate animal studies in attachment.