WHAT YOU WILL BE TAUGHT: Introductory topics in psychology Social influence - Types and explanations of conformity. Research by Asch and Zimbardo. - Explanations for obedience and situational variables affecting obedience. - Explanations of resistance to social influence and minority influence. The processes of social change. Memory - Models of memory: Multi-Store and Working Memory. Types of long-term memory. - Explanations for forgetting & factors affecting the accuracy of eyewitness testimony. Attachment - Caregiver-infant interactions & stages of attachment . - Animal studies & explanations– learning theory and Bowlby’s monotropic theory. - Ainsworth’s ‘Strange Situation’, cultural variations in attachment & Bowlby’s theory of maternal deprivation. Psychopathology - Definitions of abnormality. - The behavioral, cognitive and biological approaches to explaining mental illnesses. Psychology in context - Approaches in Psychology: cognitive, behavioral, biological, psychodynamic, humanistic (A level only). - Biopsychology (additional content taught at A level). - Research Methods (additional content taught at A level). - Scientific processes - Data handling and analysis Issues and options in psychology Issues and debates in psychology (A level only) - Gender and culture bias. Free will and determinism. The nature-nurture debate & holism-reductionism. - Idiographic and nomothetic approaches & ethical implications of research studies and theory. Cognition and development (A level only) - Theories of cognitive development: Piaget, Vygotsky, Baillargeon. - The development of social cognition & the role of the mirror neuron system in social cognition. Eating behavior (A level only) - Explanations for food preferences & neural mechanisms involved in controlling eating behavior. - Biological & psychological explanations for anorexia nervosa. - Biological & psychological explanations for obesity. Explanations for the success and failure of dieting. Aggression (A level only) - Neural and hormonal mechanisms in aggression & the ethological explanation of aggression. - Explanations of human aggression—evolutionary and social. - Institutional aggression in the context of prisons & media influences on aggression.
6.5 Average Points Score across all GCSEs (minimum 8 GCSE qualifications). Grade 5 in GCSE Maths and English Language. Subject Entry Criteria: Grade 7 in GCSE Psychology (or GCSE Biology/Combined Science if not studied)
PAPER 1: Written examination (2 hours)—33.3% of the A level grade - Questions will be on social influence, memory, attachment and psychopathology. PAPER 2: Written examination (2 hours)—33.3% of the A level grade - Questions will be on approaches in psychology, biopsychology, and research methods. PAPER 3: Written examination (2 hours)—33.3% of the A level grade -Questions will be on issues and debates in psychology, cognition and development, eating behaviour and aggression.
About Education Provider
| Region | London |
| Local Authority | Newham |
| Ofsted Rating | Outstanding |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Roman Road, London, E6 3SQ |
WHAT YOU WILL BE TAUGHT: Introductory topics in psychology Social influence - Types and explanations of conformity. Research by Asch and Zimbardo. - Explanations for obedience and situational variables affecting obedience. - Explanations of resistance to social influence and minority influence. The processes of social change. Memory - Models of memory: Multi-Store and Working Memory. Types of long-term memory. - Explanations for forgetting & factors affecting the accuracy of eyewitness testimony. Attachment - Caregiver-infant interactions & stages of attachment . - Animal studies & explanations– learning theory and Bowlby’s monotropic theory. - Ainsworth’s ‘Strange Situation’, cultural variations in attachment & Bowlby’s theory of maternal deprivation. Psychopathology - Definitions of abnormality. - The behavioral, cognitive and biological approaches to explaining mental illnesses. Psychology in context - Approaches in Psychology: cognitive, behavioral, biological, psychodynamic, humanistic (A level only). - Biopsychology (additional content taught at A level). - Research Methods (additional content taught at A level). - Scientific processes - Data handling and analysis Issues and options in psychology Issues and debates in psychology (A level only) - Gender and culture bias. Free will and determinism. The nature-nurture debate & holism-reductionism. - Idiographic and nomothetic approaches & ethical implications of research studies and theory. Cognition and development (A level only) - Theories of cognitive development: Piaget, Vygotsky, Baillargeon. - The development of social cognition & the role of the mirror neuron system in social cognition. Eating behavior (A level only) - Explanations for food preferences & neural mechanisms involved in controlling eating behavior. - Biological & psychological explanations for anorexia nervosa. - Biological & psychological explanations for obesity. Explanations for the success and failure of dieting. Aggression (A level only) - Neural and hormonal mechanisms in aggression & the ethological explanation of aggression. - Explanations of human aggression—evolutionary and social. - Institutional aggression in the context of prisons & media influences on aggression.
6.5 Average Points Score across all GCSEs (minimum 8 GCSE qualifications). Grade 5 in GCSE Maths and English Language. Subject Entry Criteria: Grade 7 in GCSE Psychology (or GCSE Biology/Combined Science if not studied)
PAPER 1: Written examination (2 hours)—33.3% of the A level grade - Questions will be on social influence, memory, attachment and psychopathology. PAPER 2: Written examination (2 hours)—33.3% of the A level grade - Questions will be on approaches in psychology, biopsychology, and research methods. PAPER 3: Written examination (2 hours)—33.3% of the A level grade -Questions will be on issues and debates in psychology, cognition and development, eating behaviour and aggression.