Psychology

Course summary

Year 12 During the first year of study you will learn about a number of topics in Psychology which will give you a good understanding of psychology and issues relating to it. You will study the different approaches that psychologists take to the study of the mind and the research methods they use to do this. You will also study memory, social influence and attachment as well as psychopathology. Year 13 The second year of Psychology gives you the opportunity to learn about different approaches to Psychology, including Biopsychology and allows you more freedom to apply your psychological knowledge. The applied topics studied in Year 13 are Schizophrenia, Forensic Psychology and Cognition. In addition to this you will study some of the key questions within Psychology such as, ‘Are we really free?