Psychology

Assessment

Year 1 Students sit two internal written examinations on Paper 1 and Paper 2 topics, which are 1 hour and 30 minutes in duration. The exams include a mixture of multiple-choice, short-answer and extended writing questions. Year 2 Students sit three written examinations of 2 hours duration on Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 topics. The exams include a mixture of multiple-choice, short-answer and extended writing questions. Each exam accounts for 33.3% of the A-level grade. Year 1 Paper 1 topics: Social influence, Memory, Attachment Paper 2 topics: Approaches in Psychology, Psychopathology, Research methods Year 2 Paper 1 topics: Social influence, Memory, Attachment, Psychopathology Paper 2 topics: Approaches in Psychology, Biopsychology, Research methods Paper 3 topics: Issues and debates in Psychology, Relationships, Eating behaviour, Aggression