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Question 5

A community running website allows members to compare results and follow other runners. The website collects the following anonymous survey evidence:

Survey findingResult
Feelings after viewing faster runners' resultsMembers who felt more envious also reported more depressive symptoms.
Number of runners followedMembers following fewer than 20 runners reported similar levels of envy to members following more than 100 runners.

The website is considering two changes:

  • Change A: allow members to hide other runners' result rankings.
  • Change B: limit every member to following 20 runners.

Using the findings of Tandoc et al. (2015), explain which change is better supported by the survey and why the website cannot conclude that this change will reduce depressive symptoms.

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3.2 Theories/Explanations Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /3.2 Theories/Explanations

144 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 3.2 Theories/Explanations, covering 3.2.1 Clinical characteristics of schizophrenia, 3.2.2 Key statistics of schizophrenia, 3.2.3 Dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia, 3.2.4 Brain structure and function in schizophrenia; criticisms, 3.2.5 Social drift theory of schizophrenia, 3.2.6 Schizophrenia research study: Daniel et al. (1991), 3.2.7 Clinical characteristics of clinical depression, 3.2.8 Key statistics of clinical depression, 3.2.9 Social rank theory of clinical depression, 3.2.10 ABC Model of clinical depression, and 3.2.11 Clinical Depression research study: Tandoc et al. (2015). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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