Alex and Sam met online in an internet forum. Alex finds it much easier to share deep personal secrets with Sam than with friends in the physical world. Sam, who is extremely shy and self-conscious about a physical scar, feels much more confident communicating online where this is not immediately visible. **Discuss self-disclosure and the absence of gating in virtual relationships. Refer to Alex and Sam in your answer. **
Practise AQA A Level Psychology Relationships with exam-style questions for A Level Psychology. 70 questions covering Factors affecting attraction, Theories of romantic relationships, Online relationships, and Parasocial relationships, matched to the AQA A Level Psychology (7182) specification and written in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.