Formal Exams SP1/5/51, 2021 PY1101 Exploring Psychology: from Brain to Practice Venue ____________________ Seat Number ________ Student Number |__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__| Family Name _____________________ First Name _____________________ PY1101 Exploring Psychology: from Brain to Practice Formal Exams SP1/5/51, 2021 Examination College of Healthcare Sciences Exam Conditions: This is an Open Book exam - any materials are permitted (excluding electronic devices) Exam paper will not be released to the Library N/A - Exam is online, practical or an assignment N/A - examination is online, practical or an assignment 4 hours Materials Permitted In The Exam Venue: (No electronic aids are permitted e.g. laptops, phones) N/A - Assignment Materials To Be Supplied To Students: None Instructions To Students: There are four essay questions, worth 25 marks each. You need to answer all questions. It is expected each question to take you 45minutes to respond. In total, it should take you 3 hours to respond to all four questions. A buffer of 30 minutes to download the exam paper and 30 minutes to upload your response has been built into the exam time. You should begin uploading your response approximately 30 minutes prior to the due time. Technical difficulties will not be accepted as a reason for not submitting on time. Failure to submit on time will result in a non-submission. All responses should be your own. Responses will be screened for plagiarism and collusion. Page 1 of 3 Formal Exams SP1/5/51, 2021 PY1101 Exploring Psychology: from Brain to Practice Please read the following excerpt adapted from a news article about a UNESCO global survey on Climate Change: “More than 15,000 people worldwide contributed to the survey, which was held online between May and September 2020, and made available in 25 languages. Respondents were mainly young people, with 57 per cent under age 35, and 35 per cent under 25. Results also were analyzed along regional, gender, age and other demographic lines. Most participants, or 67 per cent, selected climate change and loss of biodiversity as their top concern, mainly due to issues such as increasing natural disasters and extreme weather. Respondents felt investment in ‘green’ solutions, education on sustainability, promoting international cooperation and building trust in science, were the best ways to address the issue. The survey further showed that while 95 per cent of respondents extoll the importance of global cooperation in overcoming common challenges, only one in four felt confident that the world would be able to address these issues.” Question 1. Research has found that there is a positive relationship between age and ecological behaviour. That is, as people get older, they are more likely to engage in environmental protective behaviour. However, with high profile activists such as Greta Thunberg, there has also been a surge in climate activism from young adults and adolescents. Though some researchers have suggested maturation may explain why older people are more ecologically inclined in their behaviour, this does not offer a comprehensive understanding in why older people and younger people are responding differently to climate change. Drawing on theories and concepts from cognitive and social development to discuss how changes from across the lifespan might influence the engagement in ecological behaviours vs activism. In your response ensure you clearly define appropriate theories or concepts. Use examples to justify your response. Page 2 of 3 Formal Exams SP1/5/51, 2021 PY1101 Exploring Psychology: from Brain to Practice Question 2. As indicated above, there has been a surge in climate activism from young people in recent years. However, this concern is not necessarily translating into other behaviours. Some research has found that young people are more likely to exhibit a fear or anxiety response when thinking about climate change. This has been termed climate change anxiety. How would you describe the pathology of climate change anxiety and why has this type of anxiety developed? In your answer you should draw on your knowledge of anxiety disorders to discuss the likely symptomology of climate change anxiety. You should also identify the neurological and biological basis of this symptomology. Finally, your answer should compare two schools of thought to explain the development of climate change anxiety. Draw on examples to illustrate your response. Question 3. “When I was a kid, we had more floods and big storms than we do now! Climate change is not causing more extreme weather!” or “It snowed in Texas! How can that be global warming?”. The above phrases are often heard as anecdotal evidence as to why climate change and global warming are not occurring. However, our knowledge of memory and cognitive processes tells us that memory is fallible and that there can be a number of errors in processing and retrieving information. Explain this process by drawing on this knowledge of memory and cognition. Specifically, explain how memories such as the one described above are formed and stored. Explain how people make errors in judgement and decision-making. Finally, discuss how our knowledge of memory and cognition can be used to encourage better decision-making regarding climate change. Use examples to justify your response. Question 4. Climate change has also been linked to individual health and wellbeing. Specifically, climate change is associated with poor nutritional diets due to limited access to sustainable food systems. Imagine you want to conduct a study to evaluate the effectiveness of a health intervention aimed at increasing the uptake of sustainably produced fruit and vegetables. You have decided on using a correlational design and you aim to compare the effectiveness of the intervention in different ethnic groups. Identify and justify what health model will be used to frame this intervention. This model will determine the types of variables you will use in the study. Operationalise these variables and how you aim to measure “effectiveness of intervention”. Finally, discuss the validity and reliability considerations of this study in light of design and cross-cultural implications. END OF EXAMINATION Page 3 of 3 Question 4. Climate change has also been linked to individual health and wellbeing. Specifically, climate change is associated with poor nutritional diets due to limited access to sustainable food systems. Imagine you want to conduct a study to evaluate the effectiveness of a health intervention aimed at increasing the uptake of sustainably produced fruit and vegetables. You have decided on using a correlational design and you aim to compare the effectiveness of the intervention in different ethnic groups. Identify and justify what health model will be used to frame this intervention. This model will determine the types of variables you will use in the study. Operationalise these variables and how you aim to measure "effectiveness of intervention". Finally, discuss the validity and reliability considerations of this study in light of design and cross-cultural implications.
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