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3.2 Theories/Explanations

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Question 24

Use your knowledge and understanding from across the psychology course to explain how far you agree with the following viewpoint:

“Biological explanations are sufficient to explain mental health problems.”

In your answer you should refer to the dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia and at least one other area of psychology.

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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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