A Level Psychology

Course summary

In paper one, you will study cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, social psychology and psychopathology. This includes finding out about how memory works and how accurate memory is. You will study the impact of early childhood experiences on development and why people conform and obey in social situations, as well as learning about phobias, depression and obsessive compulsive disorder. You will study the causes and treatments as well as how to carry out psychological research. Topics on paper two include psychological approaches which look to explain why we behave the way we do, including the Biological, Cognitive and Behavioural approaches. Additionally you will learn how psychologists conduct their research, from the methods they use to how they analyse their data. You will also study biopsychology, which will include understanding the relationship between the brain and behaviour. In the second year of the A level you will study topics such as schizophrenia and aggression, which includes determining different causes of aggression and how scizophrenia is diagnosed and treated