Psychology

PSYCHOLOGY

Why choose Psychology?

How accurately do you think you could remember events if you were an eye witness to a crime? What do you think about day care centres and their effect on how children develop attachments to people for the rest of their lives? Do you get stressed and if so, when? How can your stress be helped? Why do people suffer from anorexia nervosa and bulimia and what can be done to help them? Are psychological experiments on animals and people, fair in the name of research? How are psychological investigations designed, conducted and analysed?

If you want to believe the answers to these questions and like to reason before you make an opinion, then choose Psychology.

What does the course involve?

At AS Level, you will study the following areas:

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: Human Memory.

DEVELOPMENT PSYCHOLOGY: Attachments in development.

PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY : Stress.

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES: Abnormality.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Social Influence.

RESEARCH METHODS: Quantitative and Qualitative methods.

At A2 Level you will study certain topics in more depth. You will need to study a minimum of two of the following:

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY

You will also look at important ISSUES AND DEBATES.

A coursework module gives you the chance to conduct your own psychological study. You will plan this using the Project Brief, carry it out and report in 2000 words (maximum).

How is the course taught?