INTRODUCTION
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behaviour. Psychologists
aim to understand and predict how people might behave or feel
and the factors affecting their behaviour.
The teaching objectives are to provide students with an accessible
and interesting introduction to some of the topics/debates of
the discipline of
Psychology.
No prior knowledge of the subject is necessary. However,
a grade C in Maths at GCSE is essential for the completion of
the Research
Methods and Statistics module. Also, students should have good
written skills and an ability to critically analyse information.
At BRGS
we try to understand how people develop, behave or feel and we
do this over a two year period in our A' level course. It is
also
possible for students to familiarise themselves with a number
of very important psychological issues in a one year AS level
course.
AS Course (Year 12)
This course covers three units:
Unit 1: Introducing Psychology
Unit 2: Social and Cognitive Psychology
Unit 3: Practical Investigation
Assessment takes the form of two 1.5 hour exams for units 1 and
2 and one 1,500 word practical report. The report covers 30% of
the total AS marks.
A2 Course (Year 13)
This comprises a further two units and one more practical investigation:
Unit 4: Child Development. This
includes topics such as social development, cognitive development,
moral development and exceptional development as well as disorders
such as depression, schizophrenia, autism and other atypical
development.
Unit 5: Perspectives,
debates and methods. This covers past and current research issues
in psychology.
Unit 6: A practical report using
inferential statistical analysis.
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Higher education and career opportunities:
Students will acquire a qualification which can be relevant to a wide range of
occupations including teaching, nursing, counselling, marketing, management and
advertising.
Professional fields of Psychology also include Educational, criminal/Legal,
Clinical, Development, Cognitive and Occupational Psychology.
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