Pearson Edexcel GCE Psychology (8PS0) Paper 1: Social and Cognitive Psychology
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One mark for a definition of superordi...

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One mark for a definition of superordinate goals.
For example:
• Superordinate goals are goals that can only be achieved by competing groups acting cooperatively (1).
(1)
Question Number Answer Mark
1(b)
AO1 (2 marks), AO3 (2 marks)
One mark for identification of each strength (AO1)
One mark for justification of each strength (AO3)
For example:
• The theory can be used to help reduce prejudice in the real world by introducing cooperation between rival groups (1) by forcing the two rival groups who are competing over a scarce resource to work together on a task to minimise conflict between them (1).
• The study by Sherif et al. (1954/1961) supports the theory as the hostility between the boys increased when they competed (1) which was shown as the out-group friends was 7% after competing at games such as tug of war and baseball so the theory has credibility (1).
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