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For enjoyment - For enjoyment - hopefully you will gain a hopefully you will gain a great deal from the great deal from the coursecourse
To understand yourself To understand yourself more, what you are and more, what you are and why you have become why you have become what you arewhat you are
To understand others To understand others more, the way they think more, the way they think feel and behave and how feel and behave and how they experience the world they experience the world they live inthey live in
Why study psychology?
“Interesting and can apply the things learnt to new situations.”
“Useful for essay writing and practice, interesting, enjoyable, good teachers.”
“If you want to know why people act certain ways it provides answers. It also covers a variety of interesting topics, like schizophrenia.”
“Because it has helped me understand behaviour in others.”
“The trip to London was fun and useful.”
“It’s interesting, but it is demanding.”
“Have loved Mrs Pike and Mrs Dewis. You are wonderful teachers and will be greatly missed.”
“Quite interesting compared to other A-Level subjects.”
Health Health psycholopsychologygy
Occupational Occupational psychologypsychologyForensic Forensic psychologpsychologyy
Educational Educational psychologypsychology
Consumer Consumer psychologypsychology
Sports Sports psychologpsychologyy
Counselling Counselling psychologypsychology
Research Research psychologpsychologyy
Clinical Clinical psychologypsychology
Specialist areas of Specialist areas of psychology are:psychology are:
Psychology regards itself as a science.All of these areas of psychology could not function without evidence.
To obtain evidence, psychologists and students of psychology can adopt research methods that are experimental or non-experimental.
All sciences have to produce evidence to support any theories they may have.
NEW AS AND A LEVEL FROM SEPTEMBER 2015• Teaching the new AS and A Levels
will start September 2015• First assessment for AS will be 2016• First assessment for A-level will be
2017• AS standard will remain the same• A-level examined at the end of the 2
years of study and is separate to the AS
• AS exams will not contribute to A-level assessment
NEW AS AND A LEVEL
• Question papers will have a selection of multiple choice, short answer questions and essay style questions
• The AS course is co-teachable with the A-level
• Students who sit the AS exam and then choose to continue with the A-level course will be required to sit the 3 papers at the end of the A-level – Remember AS qualifications will not count towards the A-level.
AS AND A-LEVEL EXAMINATION
• AS – 2 x 1hr 30 min written exams
• A2 Level – 3 x 2 hour written exams
• A selection of multiple choice, short answer questions and essay style questions.
• No coursework
TOPICS COVERED
AS/A2 – Social Influence; Memory; Attachment; Psychopathology; Approaches in Psychology; Research Methods
A2 only – Biopsychology; Issues and Debates; A choice of 3 of the following: Relationships, Gender, Cognition and Development, Schizophrenia, Eating Behaviour, Stress, Aggression, Forensic Psychology, Addiction
TRIPS AND VISITSGalleries of Justice in Nottingham,Science Museum, Freud Museum, National Archives, Science and Pseudoscience Conference, Forensic Conference
TRIPS AND VISITS
Visited by: • a District Judge• a Neuroscientist (specialising in Schizophrenia and Forensics)• PHD students
ENTRY LEVELAQA Psychology – examining board
Entry requirements - 5 G.C.S.E’s at A-C (including C in Maths and Additional Science; B in English)
Read the specifications in full at:www.Aqa.org.uk/psychology
Taught 5 hours per week
Loan of textbooks
FACTS AND FIGURES
• 4th most popular A Level in the country
- over 100,000 AS
- 55,000 A2
• 3rd most common subject studied at Uni.
- 77,000 undergraduates
• QCA (Qualifications & Curriculum Authority) – arguably as difficult as Biology A Level
Helps develop a broad-based set of skills
- forensic thinking
- methodology (experimentation)
- evaluative skills for essay writing
- moral dimension i.e. ethics
- extensive reading covering current issues i.e. crime, phobias, eating disorders, mental illness
- Overlap with other subjects i.e. biology, English, Sociology, Child Development, H & S C, I.T., History, Statistics
90% of students surveyed felt better prepared for degree level courses after they had done a Psychology A Level!
PREPARATION FOR A PSYCHOLOGY DEGREE
A Level Psychology is an important source of employability
It gives you – personal insight - scientific thinking - critical skills
EMPLOYABILITY
EXAM RESULTS AT HIGH STORRS
Pass rate 2011 - 98% at A2 Pass rate 2012 - 94% at A2Pass rate 2013 - 98% at A2
Pass rate 2014 - 98% at A2