AQA A-level Psychology: Revision Made Easy - Jean-Marc Lawton 2017

Question practice: selection questions
Revision and exam skills

With this type of question students are given information from which they select appropriate choices. There will often be a spare option left over at the end. This is so that a choice always has to be made between options when answering the question.

Questions

1 Match the following descriptions to the types of LTM listed in the table below. One description will be left over.

[3 marks]

A Knowing that a telephone is for communicating with people

B Knowing how to ice-skate properly

C Being able to recall someone’s phone number you’ve just been given by repeating it sub-vocally

D Knowing that your sister is younger than you

2 Select from the following descriptions to complete the table below concerning sex and gender. One statement will be left over.

[4 marks]

A Low masculinity, low femininity

B High masculinity, low femininity

C Moderate masculinity, moderate femininity

D High masculinity, high femininity

E High femininity, low masculinity

Strategies for improvement

Ensure you have regular experience of this question type.

Attempt selection questions for all topic areas.

Create your own selection questions, swap them with other students and then mark their answers.

Identify the command words (the words that inform what specific information/skill is required) in questions before attempting them. First though you will need to understand what the types of command words used in questions mean (see page 225).

Use the marks in brackets that appear after a question as an indication of how many selections are required.

Common pitfalls

Unfamiliarity with such questions

Not understanding the requirements of the question

Not making sufficient selections

Answer 1

Feedback

2/3 marks. 1 mark for selecting statement A as being an example of semantic memory and 1 mark for selecting statement B as an example of procedural memory, but no marks for selecting statement C as an example of episodic memory — the correct selection there should have been statement D.

Exam tip

1 mark is earned for each correct selection, up to a maximum of 3 marks.

Answer 2

Feedback

4/4 marks. All four correct selections have been made — option C has correctly not been used as it does not fit any of the categories featured in the table.

Exam tip

1 mark is earned for each correct selection, up to a maximum of 4 marks.