Psychology

Course summary

Introductory Topics in Psychology ● Social Influence ● Memory ● Attachment ● Psychopathology Psychology in Context ● Approaches ● Biopsychology ● Research Methods Issues and Options in Psychology ● Issues and Debates in Psychology ● Three topics (To be selected by department staff) from the following options: Relationships, Gender, Cognition & Development, Schizophrenia, Eating Behaviour, Stress, Aggression, Forensic Psychology, Addiction. At the end of Year 12 we hold a ‘Brain Day’ at Parmiter’s, which includes a demonstration of the dissection of an animal brain and lectures by a neuroscientist. In Year 13 there is a visit to the Freud Museum where the students get to be shown around the house Freud lived in and also have an interactive study session on Freudian psychology.