Psychology Level 3 Diploma, A Home Study, Distance Learning Course

Psychology Level 3 Diploma

How is the Course Structured?

Key features of the Psychology course include: ‘Setting the scene’ boxes: These describe relevant, and sometimes surprising, case studies that illustrate points that are made in the main text. ‘From the archives’ boxes: These make reference to key research studies published in academic journals. These bring you into contact with the methods and procedures used by psychologists to test and develop their theories. ‘Have a go’ boxes: These encourage active learning, in which you are more involved and engaged in the learning process.

Module 1: The Science of Psychology
In this first module we will introduce you to the methods and approaches adopted by psychological researchers. You will discover that psychology as a science is relatively young compared to other sciences, and you will see how psychological research has evolved to look at different aspects of humans in different ways. In the first part of the module we will take you through a brief history of this fascinating subject so that you can appreciate how the different approaches relate to each other.

Module 2: How We Learn
In module 2, we focus on the different ways in which psychologists have studied how people and animals learn. Learning is central to our development, as it is through learning that our understanding of how the world works, and our role within it, becomes fuller.

Module 3: How We Develop
In module 3, we examine some of the main psychological theories about human development. We will see that learning itself can only be understood in relation to the way our thinking develops as we mature.

Module 4: Relating to others
In module 4, we introduce you to the processes involved in our everyday understanding of others’ actions, and how these processes affect our social relationships.

Module 5: Social influence
In module 5, we explore how psychologists have studied the different ways in which we are influenced by other people, and how we can influence others.

Module 6: Your Brain: A User’s Guide
In module 6, we examine the structure of the brain and explore how different parts of the brain tend to be associated with different functions. We also look at how the brain copes with damage and change.

Module 7: Consciousness and the Brain
In module 7, we turn our attention to the relationship between brain activity and conscious experience. Consciousness continues to be a challenge for psychologists, but we discover how research is beginning to address this challenge. We also consider altered states of consciousness such as dreams as well as those experienced through drugs, hypnosis, and meditation.

Module 8: Attention and Thinking
In module 8, we examine the processes involved in how we attend to information in our environment, how we interpret that information, and what we do with that information. We focus on what psychologists have learned from studying the mental processes involved in attention and thinking.

Module 9: Memory
In module 9, we focus on processes involved in memory. We will discover the different types of memory and the biases involved in memory. We also introduce you to ways of improving your own memory.

Module 10: Personality
In module 10, we explore the different ways in which psychologists have studied personality. We will look at how researchers try to measure personality and also how they try to explain why there seem to be so many different types of personality.

Module 11: Intelligence
In module 10, we explore the different ways in which psychologists have studied personality. We will look at how researchers try to measure personality and also how they try to explain why there seem to be so many different types of personality.

Module 12: Applying Psychology
In this final module we do our best to bring things together by looking at how findings from research in psychology can be applied to our everyday lives. One of the main aims of this course was to enable you to understand yourself a little better. To help you gain some insight into why you do things that you do

We recommended you spend approximately 200 hours of your time studying for the Psychology Diploma. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 4 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but if you could spare 8 hours a week you could complete it in six months.

Get started today, and you can earn your Level 3 Psychology Diploma in as little as six months, or take up to a year, if you prefer – the choice is yours.

Our aim is to provide you with the best deal available, therefore registration fees, certification fees and full tutor support is included in the course price for you. The enrolment fee for the Psychology home study course is £437.50 (inc VAT), though for a limited time we are offering you the opportunity to pay only £350 (inc VAT) which is a 20% discount if you enrol online and pay in full.

You can also opt for our Easy Payment Plan and enrol online today by paying a deposit of £87.5 and then 4 equal payments of £87.5 per month. The first instalment is paid about a month after you receive your course.

This course includes the online version of the course only at the cost of £350. If you wish to purchase the paper version of the course in addition, then you are able to do so at a cost of £370.