Psychology: What you will study in the first year

Cognitive Psychology:

Short Term and Long Term Memory
Why we forget
Eyewitness testimony

Developmental Psychology

The formation of attachments
The development and variety of attachments
The effects of deprivation and privation
The effects of day care on children’s development

Physiological Psychology

Stress as a bodily response
The effects of stress
Sources of stress
Managing stress

Individual Differences

What is abnormality?
Models of abnormality
Eating disorders
Explaining the development of eating disorders

Social Psychology

Obedience to authority

Conformity

Minority Influence

Ethics

Research Methods

Quantitative and qualitative research methods
Research design and implementation
Data analysis (doesn’t require good maths!!)

Form of Assessment:

 
The course is divided into three modules, each of which is assessed by a one-hour examination at the end of the year (usually May). These are equally weighted and lead to an AS award, and may be carried forward for the complete A-level award in the second year.

Module One: Cognitive and Developmental Psychology
Module Two: Physiological Psychology and Individual Differences
Module Three: Social Psychology and Research Methods