The course provides an interesting and varied introduction to psychology by focusing on a wide range of different topic areas. Key theories and pieces of research are studied and students will be taught to critically examine theories that have been developed by a number of well-known psychologists including; Freud, Bowlby, Skinner and Zimbardo. The AS course covers a wide range of different types of human behaviour and thought. The A level course further develops the key themes and topics whilst incorporating psychological research & the scientific method and investigating an area of psychopathology. Students who typically do well in Psychology A level are those who possess strong academic skills, aspiring to a very wide variety of higher education pathways. It is very important that students enter the course with sound literacy and numeracy skills and the ability to think scientifically. From the beginning of their academic studies, they will be expected to fully engage with material that requires a basic knowledge of the experimental method, basic ability to use statistical analysis techniques (e.g. mean, median, mode and correlation) and the English language skills to design and reverse the meaning of items in a questionnaire. Students have to be flexible and critical in their thinking, and they also need to have a natural tendency to enjoy a debate!
Name: Psychology Qualification title: - Qualification type: GCE A/AS Level or equivalent Assessment Awarding AQA Created 20150923 13:11:37 Updated 20161003 13:10:49
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