Psychology

Course summary

Unit 1: Introductory topics in Psychology (Year 1) Students will study four topics within this unit: Social Influence, Attachment, Memory and Psychopathology. Each topic requires students to explain key concepts and ideas, evaluate those ideas using research evidence and also to apply knowledge to an unseen scenario. This paper will include some research methods. Unit 2: Psychology in context (Year 1 and 2) For this unit students will study Research Methods, Biopsychology and Approaches. Students are asked to explain and evaluate a range of research methods and will also be assessed on their ability to analyse and perform calculations of data. The ‘Approaches’ topic includes a range of psychological theories and students will need to be able to describe and evaluate each theory. Unit 3: Issues and options in Psychology (Year 2) This unit reflects the pure A-Level content of options chosen as well as underpinning the issues and debates topic. In the Issues and Debates topic, students will explore issues such as gender bias within Psychology. Options chosen at A-Level are Schizophrenia, Relationships and Forensic Psychology