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Free Edexcel GCSE Psychology
Practice Paper

8 mixed-difficulty practice questions in the style of real Edexcel GCSE papers — answers, mark-scheme-style explanations, and the official exam structure all on one page.

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What the real Edexcel GCSE Psychology paper looks like

Paper 1
Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 1-4 of the specification.
Paper 2
Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 5-8 of the specification.
Paper 3
Where applicable — e.g. Combined Science, Languages. Includes synoptic and applied questions.
Total exam time: ~3 hours across two or three papers.
Grading: Grades: 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest), with U (ungraded). A grade of 4 is a standard pass; 5 is a strong pass.

Mini practice paper: 8 questions

Mixed-difficulty questions from across the Psychology syllabus. Tap "Show answer" after each to check yourself.

Q1 · Difficulty 1/3

What is equilibrium in Piaget's theory?

  1. A balanced state when schemas match experience
  2. A state of confusion caused by new information
  3. A stage of brain development at birth
  4. A type of reflex in newborn babies
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✓ Answer: A — A balanced state when schemas match experience
Award 1 mark. Equilibrium is the comfortable state when existing schemas can explain what the child experiences. Confusion from new information is disequilibrium, which drives learning, and equilibrium is not a stage or a reflex.
Q2 · Difficulty 1/3

Which part of a neuron receives signals from other neurons?

  1. The axon terminal
  2. The dendrites
  3. The myelin sheath
  4. The synapse
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✓ Answer: B — The dendrites
Award 1 mark. Dendrites are branch-like extensions that receive messages and pass them towards the cell body. Axon terminals release neurotransmitters, the myelin sheath insulates the axon, and the synapse is the gap between neurons.
Q3 · Difficulty 1/3

What is conformity?

  1. Changing behaviour or beliefs to fit in with a group
  2. Following a direct order from an authority figure
  3. Refusing to change your views under pressure
  4. Taking charge of a group to lead its members
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✓ Answer: A — Changing behaviour or beliefs to fit in with a group
Award 1 mark. Conformity is yielding to group pressure, real or imagined, by changing what you do or say to match others. Following an order is obedience, refusing to change is independence, and leading a group is leadership.
Q4 · Difficulty 1/3

What is the corpus callosum?

  1. The thin outer layer of the brain
  2. The part of the brain controlling balance
  3. The tiny gap between two neurons
  4. The band of fibres connecting the two hemispheres
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✓ Answer: D — The band of fibres connecting the two hemispheres
Award 1 mark. The corpus callosum carries information between the left and right hemispheres. The outer layer is the cortex, balance is controlled by the cerebellum, and the gap between neurons is the synapse.
Q5 · Difficulty 1/3

Which lobe processes hearing and the understanding of language?

  1. The frontal lobe
  2. The temporal lobe
  3. The occipital lobe
  4. The parietal lobe
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✓ Answer: B — The temporal lobe
Award 1 mark. The temporal lobes, at the sides of the brain, process sound and contain Wernicke's area, involved in understanding speech. The frontal lobe plans, the occipital lobe handles vision, and the parietal lobe processes touch.
Q6 · Difficulty 1/3

What is a ratio?

  1. The middle value of a data set
  2. The spread of scores in a data set
  3. A comparison of two quantities, such as 3:1
  4. A type of sampling method
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✓ Answer: C — A comparison of two quantities, such as 3:1
Award 1 mark. A ratio compares amounts, for example 30 conformers to 10 non-conformers is 3:1. The middle value is the median, spread is dispersion, and ratios are not a sampling method.
Q7 · Difficulty 1/3

In one variation, where did Milgram move the study to reduce the prestige of the setting?

  1. Yale University in New Haven
  2. A run-down office building
  3. A hospital ward in New Haven
  4. A police station in Boston
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✓ Answer: B — A run-down office building
Award 1 mark. Moving from prestigious Yale to a shabby office block in Bridgeport reduced obedience from 65% to 47.5%. Yale was the original setting, and hospitals and police stations were not used.
Q8 · Difficulty 1/3

What is deindividuation?

  1. Losing your sense of personal identity in a group
  2. Becoming more aware of your own identity
  3. Refusing to join a group
  4. Following the rules of an institution
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✓ Answer: A — Losing your sense of personal identity in a group
Award 1 mark. In large crowds or when anonymous, people can lose self-awareness and feel less responsible, sometimes behaving in unusual or anti-social ways. Greater self-awareness is the opposite, and the other options are unrelated.
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Edexcel GCSE Psychology FAQ

What does the Edexcel GCSE Psychology exam look like?
The Edexcel GCSE Psychology exam is structured across 3 components. Paper 1: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 1-4 of the specification. Paper 2: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 5-8 of the specification. Paper 3: Where applicable — e.g. Combined Science, Languages. Includes synoptic and applied questions. Total exam time: ~3 hours across two or three papers.
Can I download a free Edexcel GCSE Psychology past paper?
Real Edexcel past papers are published directly by Edexcel on their official website. Kramizo doesn't redistribute copyrighted past papers, but we do generate free AI-written practice papers in the exact same style — same command words, same difficulty tier, same mark conventions. Use this practice paper as warm-up, then time yourself on official past papers before exam day.
How is Edexcel GCSE Psychology graded?
Grades: 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest), with U (ungraded). A grade of 4 is a standard pass; 5 is a strong pass. Kramizo's practice questions are tagged with difficulty 1-3 mapping roughly to the lower, middle, and top grade boundaries you'll encounter in the real exam.