OCR As Psychology Paper 2 2025 Mark Scheme

Download the official OCR AS Level Psychology H167/02 Psychological Themes Through Core Studies mark scheme from the June 2025 examination series. This downloadable PDF contains the complete examiner mark scheme for OCR AS Psychology Paper 2, including detailed marking guidance, model-answer points, level descriptors, application criteria, and examiner commentary used during live OCR marking.

The OCR H167/02 June 2025 mark scheme covers major AS Psychology core studies and psychological debates including Bandura et al. on aggression, Chaney et al.’s Funhaler study, Casey et al. on delay of gratification, Baron-Cohen et al. on autism, Freud’s Little Hans, Milgram’s obedience study, Bocchiaro et al. on whistle-blowing, Grant et al. on context-dependent memory, and Loftus and Palmer on eyewitness testimony. It also includes detailed examiner guidance on the cognitive area, behaviourist perspective, situational explanations of behaviour, determinism, peer pressure, psychological debates, evaluation skills, and practical applications.

This OCR AS Psychology Psychological Themes Through Core Studies mark scheme is ideal for understanding examiner expectations, improving exam technique, and mastering AO1 knowledge, AO2 application, and AO3 evaluation skills across core studies and debates in psychology. Students can use the document to learn how OCR rewards contextual application, study-specific evidence, psychological terminology, evaluative discussion, and balanced argument development in both short-answer and extended-response questions. Pair this mark scheme with the matching OCR H167/02 June 2025 question paper on markscheme.net for complete examiner-standard revision and self-assessment. Updated for the 2025/2026 academic year, mobile-friendly, and instantly downloadable.

This document is designed for AS Level Psychology students preparing for the 2026 OCR examination series, resit candidates improving Core Studies exam technique, home-educated learners, and independent candidates studying OCR Psychological Themes Through Core Studies. It is especially valuable for students practising evaluation skills, psychological debates, contextual application, and AO1/AO2/AO3 assessment techniques under official OCR marking standards.

Teachers, Psychology departments, tutors, revision-course providers, intervention coordinators, and parents can use this official OCR mark scheme for mock-exam standardisation, debate-evaluation workshops, retrieval practice, examiner-feedback modelling, and benchmarking student responses against live June 2025 OCR assessment criteria.