Psychology

Psychology

Exam Board: AQA

Additional Information: Students with a Grade C in Mathematics will be considered as demand for places allows.

COURSE OUTLINE
AS
At AS Level students will develop a broad knowledge and understanding of the core areas of Psychology (cognitive, social, developmental, biological and individual differences) through a range of topics.

The AS specification has 2 units:

Unit 1: Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology and Research Methods

Topic list:

• Cognitive psychology, including memory and eye witness testimony
• Developmental psychology, including early and social developmental attachment and the effects of day care
• Research methods, in the context of the topic areas

Unit 2: Biological Psychology, Social Psychology and Individual Differences

Topic list:

• 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
At A2 Level the specification offers a range of topics based options which bring together explanations from different psychological approaches and engage students further in the understanding and development of psychological report writing.

The A2 specification has 2 units

Unit 3: Topics in Psychology

Topic list:

• Aggression
• Eating behaviour
• Gender

Unit 4: Psychopathology, Psychology in Action and Research Methods

Topic list:

• Depression
• Addictive behaviour
• Psychological research and scientific method