Psychology

Course summary

Psychology can best be described as the science of human mind and behaviour, and psychologists carry out experiments relating to a number of everyday experiences: • Why do people obey? • What happens when we get scared and can we stop it happening? • Are we all abnormal or does it depend upon the time and place? • Does your childhood attachment determine your future? If you can write accurately and fluently; think logically and make judgments on what you see; listen to and work well with other students, then you should do well in Psychology. Psychology gives you a good grounding in the skills of writing and arguing which you will need at university, and insights into a range of areas that could prove useful to you in the future. In Year 12 you will study: Unit 1: Social Influence, Memory, Attachment Unit 2: Approaches in Psychology, Psychopathology (mental illness) and Research Methods In Year 13 you will study: Unit 1: Issues and debates in Psychology, Approaches in Psychology, and Biopsychology Unit 2: Schizophrenia, Aggression, Cognition and Development, and Research Methods