16 marks
Describe and evaluate Von Frisch’s bee study.
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Differences Between Human & Animal Communication (AQA GCSE Psychology): Exam Questions
Exam code: 8182
38 mins8 questions
23 marks
Read the following article.
It’s not just humans that let others know they have ‘crossed a line’! Research has been carried out using a computer that is programmed to recognise the sounds made by bats. They have discovered that more than 60% of bat communication is an argument. Bats argue about four things: who gets to eat what, who gets to sleep where, invasion of personal space and unwanted attempts to mate. |
Outline one function of animal communication.
Refer to the article to support your answer.
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33 marks
Outline one difference in animal and human communication. Use an example to explain your answer.
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41 mark
Animal communication has a limited number of functions when compared with human communication.
Which of the following is not a function of animal communication?
Finding food
Motivating others
Reproduction of the species
Territory protection
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5a3 marks
Describe the results from Von Frisch’s bee study.
5b3 marks
Briefly evaluate Von Frisch’s bee study.
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6a1 mark
A psychologist was studying the natural behaviour of bees communicating with each other. He placed a bowl of sugar water on top of a tall pole. The pole was only one metre away from the hive, but it was 20 metres high. He carefully removed 25 bees from the hive. He gently painted a tiny dot of paint on them. Then he released them next to the bowl of sugar water. He found that when the painted bees returned to the hive, they danced to communicate how close the sugar water was. But even though they did the correct dance, none of the other bees in the hive flew to the top of the pole. The psychologist concluded that bees do not have a dance move for ‘up’. |
Using your knowledge of Von Frisch’s bee study, identify the dance the painted bees would use to communicate how close the sugar water was.
6b2 marks
Validity needs to be taken into consideration in the conducting of research. Results are seen as valid when the research has measured what it claimed to be measuring.
Explain one reason why the described study carried out by the psychologist might not produce valid results.
6c3 marks
Briefly outline one function of animal communication. Refer to the described study carried out by the psychologist in your answer.
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74 marks
Name two properties of human communication that are not present in animal communication and give an example of each property.
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89 marks
Describe and evaluate Von Frisch’s bee study. In your description include the method used, the results obtained and a conclusion drawn.
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