Psychology

Course summary

- Memory - students explore how early cognitive research developed, and how theory has developed real world applications such as the Cognitive Interview - Attachment - students explore how the relationships formed in early childhood can affect us in childhood and later life - Social Influence - expanding students’ understanding of influential research into the effects of others on whether we obey or conform - Psychopathology - incorporates Biopsychology - students investigate theories and treatments for OCD, depression and phobias - Approaches in Psychology - students compare the different theoretical stand points that researchers adopt - Research Methods - runs throughout the course; this component focuses on how we investigate behaviour and the issues created when one method is chosen over another.