Psychology

Course summary

In the fascinating world of Psychology, we explore people, the mind and behaviour. Highly diverse, it interpolates cutting-edge research in neuroscience with more philosophical material from Descartes and Locke and entailing the use of experiments data analysis, debate and discussion. Students who study Psychology do so to gain a greater understanding of themselves and the people around them, seeking to comprehend why we behave the way we do. The specification that we follow at Oxford High School is AQA A, which will introduce you to some of the fundamentals of Psychology such as the approaches that explains human behaviour from the perspective of different psychologists using current scenarios. The specification is divided as follows: Paper 1: ‘Introductory Topics’, Paper 2: ‘Psychology in Context’, Paper 3: ‘Issues and Options in Psychology’.