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What is Psychology?
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Psychology is the study of human behaviour and experience. The course will introduce you to the theories and methods of psychology. It offers the opportunity to look at some of the explanations psychologists make to understand humans and their interactions with the world. From a personal perspective you should find the fundamental questions of the psychologist interesting: Why do I behave like this? Why do I think like this?
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Why study Psychology A level?
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Psychology is a fascinating subject and has many applications in the world of work. Psychology graduates may go on to be Clinical /Educational/Industrial Psychologists, but many will go into professions that require good ‘people skills’ such as teaching, management and medicine.
Psychology has close ties with a range of disciplines and goes well with both Arts and Science subjects.
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Course Content
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AS: Focuses on 20 core studies which are original pieces of research from all areas of psychology. The studies include: one of the first accounts of the phenomenon of multiple personality; an experimental study that explores the mental world of autistic children and a study that uses scanning techniques to look at the differences between the brains of murderers and non-murderers.
A2: You will study two applied areas of Psychology: Crime and one other from a choice of Health, Sport, Organisations, Education and Environment.
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Assessment
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AS: 3 x 1 hour papers
A2: 2 x 1 hour 30 minutes papers and coursework of I,000 word essay and 1,400 word practical report
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Tell me more…
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• You will gain an understanding of the psychological and social changes that accompany the transition from childhood to adulthood.
• You will learn why and how people conform to group pressure, obey authority or follow their consciences.
• You will gain insight into what it is like to have a major psychological disturbance and how it can disrupt the lives of patients, friends and families.
• You will get the opportunity to speak to released long term prisoners to better understand criminal behaviour.
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