Psychology

Specification: AQA Specification A

Psychology is the study of behaviour, the brain and the mind and is concerned with practically every aspect of life. It examines how your experiences as a child affect your later adult behaviour; to what extent you are being manipulated by advertisements; what effect stress has on your state of health; whether watching violence on television makes the viewer more violent; whether recall of past experiences can be improved under hypnosis; whether computers effectively simulate human mental processes and much more.

http://www.aqa.org.uk/qual/gce/psychology_a_new.php

Some of the areas covered in the AS course include:

• The way in which psychological investigations are carried out.
• Memory processes and memory improvement.
• The relationship between young children and parents
• Obedience to authority and conformity
• Defining and treating abnormal behaviour.
• Anxiety and stress.

Some Areas covered by the A2 course include

• Sleep and sleep disorders
• Aggression
• Eating behaviour
• Mental disorders (e.g. Anxiety Disorders) and their treatment
• Anomalistic Phenomena
• Understanding and practice of scientific method

Skills:

• Using scientific method to carry out investigations
• Essay writing
• Interpreting text and extracting meaning
• Group and individual presentations

Enrichment:

Occasional Conferences at University of Northampton or Bishop Stopford School and extended opportunities for practical work.

For further details please contact Mrs Mitchell , Mr Lewis or Mrs Kirke