A Level Pyschology
AS Psychology
At AS, candidates will develop a broad knowledge and understanding of the core areas of psychology (social, cognitive, developmental, biological and individual differences) through a range of topics chosen for their accessibility and popularity.
Unit 1:
- Cognitive psychology, including memory and eye witness testimony.
- Developmental psychology, including early social development, attachment and the effects of day care.
- Research methods, in the context of the topic areas.
Unit 2:
- Biological psychology, including stress, factors affecting stress, coping with stress and managing stress.
- Social psychology, including majority and minority influence, obedience and independent behaviour
- Individual differences, including definitions of abnormality approaches and therapies.
A2 Psychology
At A2, the specification offers a range of topic-based options which bring together explanations from different psychological approaches and engage students in issues and debates in psychology.
Unit 3 coversr three topics chosen from:
- Biological rhythms and sleep
- Perception
- Relationships
- Aggression
- Eating behaviour
- Gender
- Intelligence and learning
Unit 4:
- Psychopathology – knowledge and understanding of models, classification, diagnosis and therapies in relation to a disorder chosen from schizophrenia, depression or anxiety disorder
- Psychology in action – one contemporary issue chosen from media psychology, the psychology of addictive behaviour or anomalistic psychology
- Psychological research and scientific method
Assessment:
2 units at A2
The Future
Many psychology students go onto study the subject further at university. Psychology is useful in many different careers, particularly those involving people Past students have gone on to run their own communication companies, teach, work for the BBC.
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