Psychology

Course summary

The study of Psychology at Key Stage 5 allows students to consider the reasons behind human behavior using scientific principles. As Psychology is a subject new to students at Key Stage 5, this course is a unique opportunity for them to use skills they learned in GCSE Science, Maths, and English to understand a wide variety of individual and group behaviors they observe in everyday life. Within this course, students strengthen their transferable skills of analytical thinking, improved communication, and problem-solving. They also focus on research skills such as developing and carrying out practical, ethical, and valid research in socially sensitive. The maths component of the course allows students to use statistics, graphs, and algebra within topics that engage and allow critical analysis. Level Psychology is now accepted as the 3rd science for many medical degree courses; students who take A-level psychology also go onto a variety of careers from different fields of psychology (i.e. clinical) to nursing, teaching, marketing, business, accountancy, and the police. An in-depth understanding of their motivations and drives allows students to be more self-reflective as they progress into further education, training, and careers.