Pearson Edexcel As Psychology Paper 1 2025 Question Paper

Download the official Pearson Edexcel AS Psychology Paper 1: Social and Cognitive Psychology Question Paper for the June 2025 examination series (8PS0/01). This authentic Edexcel exam PDF contains the complete Advanced Subsidiary Psychology assessment used in the Summer 2025 examinations and is ideal for realistic exam practice, research-methods revision, statistical-testing preparation, and examiner-style essay planning.

The June 2025 Edexcel AS Psychology Paper 1 includes questions covering social psychology, cognitive psychology, research methods, memory models, obedience, prejudice, social identity theory, agency theory, working memory, Tulving’s explanation of long-term memory, and statistical analysis using the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test. Students will practise genuine examiner-standard Psychology questions under real examination conditions while strengthening analytical and evaluative skills required for Edexcel AS Psychology success.

Section A focuses on social psychology and includes qualitative data, opportunity sampling, questionnaire design, agency theory, obedience, social identity theory, prejudice, and evaluation of contemporary studies including Burger (2009), Reicher and Haslam (2006), and Cohrs et al. (2012). Students will develop research-methods understanding alongside critical evaluation and application of psychological theories to realistic scenarios.

Section B focuses on cognitive psychology and includes Atkinson and Shiffrin’s multi-store model of memory, working memory model, case studies of brain-damaged patients, practical investigation design, median calculations, Wilcoxon Signed Ranks statistical testing, and memory recall experiments. Students will strengthen data-handling, inferential-statistics interpretation, and memory-theory evaluation skills essential for AS Psychology examinations.

Section C contains an extended 12-mark application essay requiring evaluation of social impact theory and Tulving’s explanation of long-term memory using a childhood-memory scenario involving reconstructive memory, episodic memory, and social influence. Students will practise synoptic application, evaluative reasoning, and context-linked psychological analysis.

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