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GCSE Psychology past papers

Use these Psychology papers to practise exam timing, check mark schemes and compare how different exam boards assess the same subject.

馃搫 91 papers 2019-2025

2025 June

2024 June

AQA GCSE Psychology 8182/1 Paper 1 Cognition and behaviour - June 2024

8182/1 路 Mark scheme, Question paper

AQA GCSE Psychology 8182/2 Paper 2 Social context and behaviour - June 2024

8182/2 路 Mark scheme, Question paper

2023 June

2022 June

2021 November

Edexcel GCSE Psychology 1PS0/01 Paper 1 Paper 2 - November 2021

1PS0/01 路 Mark scheme

Edexcel GCSE Psychology 1PS0/02 Paper 2 - November 2021

1PS0/02 路 Mark scheme

AQA GCSE Psychology 8182/1 Paper 1 Cognition and behaviour - November 2021

8182/1 路 Mark scheme, Question paper

AQA GCSE Psychology 8182/2 Paper 2 Social context and behaviour - November 2021

8182/2 路 Mark scheme, Question paper

OCR GCSE Psychology J203/01 Paper 1 Studies and applications in psychology 1 - November 2021

J203/01 路 Mark scheme, Question paper

OCR GCSE Psychology J203/02 Paper 2 Studies and applications in psychology 2 - November 2021

J203/02 路 Mark scheme, Question paper

2020 November

Edexcel GCSE Psychology 1PS0/01 Paper 1 - November 2020

1PS0/01 路 Question paper

AQA GCSE Psychology 8182/1 Paper 1 Cognition and behaviour - November 2020

8182/1 路 Mark scheme, Question paper

AQA GCSE Psychology 8182/2 Paper 2 Social context and behaviour - November 2020

8182/2 路 Mark scheme, Question paper

2019 June

How to use these papers

Before you start. Check the mark allocation before you write anything. A 4-mark question and a 16-mark question want different shapes of answer, and the commonest mistake is writing the same paragraph for both.

While you work. Answer the question that was asked rather than the topic it came from. Examiner reports say more about irrelevant knowledge than about missing knowledge.

Marking it afterwards. The level descriptors matter more than the indicative content: the content list is examples, not a checklist. Find the level your answer sits in, then read the one above it.

Warm up first. Addiction: Diagnosis, Explanations and Treatment is the shortest activity here, so it is the quickest way back into Psychology before you open a paper.

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Psychology past papers by exam board

Schools enter the same subject with different boards, and the papers are not interchangeable. Check the code on your own paper before you revise from these.

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Are these GCSE Psychology past papers free?

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Can I use these for Year 10 and Year 11 mocks?

Yes. Past papers are useful for GCSE mocks, timed practice and checking answers against the mark scheme.