WELCOME TO A LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY AT HIGH STORRS

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.”

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Educational Educational psychologypsychology

Consumer Consumer psychologypsychology

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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

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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

QUESTION TIME

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If you would like further information regarding Psychology then please ring

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Mrs. Pike