Psychology

Course summary

Year 1: You will study the following topics: Social influence, Memory, Attachment, Approaches in Psychology, Psychopathology and Research methods. Within these we examine the nature of human memory and how early experiences affect your development as well as everyday social behaviour such as obedience and conformity. We also look at different explanations of human behaviour and specifically relate these to OCD, Depression and Phobias as well as looking at how psychologists research human behaviour. Year 2: You will study the following topics: Bio-Psychology, Research Methods, Issues and Debates in Psychology, Gender, Eating Behaviour and Aggression. We look at the biological factors studied in psychology such as brain structure and neurotransmitters and relate these to behaviours such as Aggression, Eating and Gender. Within these three units we also cover social explanations and some additional disorders such as Anorexia in the Eating Behaviours unit. We also focus on some of the big debates such as nature vs nurture within the issues and debates unit and relate these back to prior learning throughout the two years.