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Welcome to A Level Psychology at High Storrs

Welcome to A Level Psychology at High Storrs. Why study psychology?. For enjoyment - hopefully you will gain a great deal from the course To understand yourself more, what you are and why you have become what you are

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Welcome to A Level Psychology at High Storrs

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  1. Welcome to A Level Psychology at High Storrs

  2. Why study psychology? For enjoyment - hopefully you will gain a great deal from the course To understand yourself more, what you are and why you have become what you are To understand others more, the way they think feel and behave and how they experience the world they live in

  3. “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.”

  4. Specialist areas of psychology are: Clinical psychology Educational psychology Occupational psychology Health psychology Counselling psychology Forensic psychology Research psychology Sports psychology Consumer psychology

  5. Psychology regards itself as a science. All of these areas of psychology could not function without evidence. All sciences have to produce evidence to support any theories they may have. To obtain evidence, psychologists and students of psychology can adopt research methods that are experimental or non-experimental.

  6. Modules covered at High Storrs • Biopsychology, Key Approaches, Gender • Development and Research Methods • Social Psychology, Perception and • Autism • Child Development • Applied Psychology options include: • Mood and Schizophrenia, Forensic • Psychology, Approaches, Debates and • Methods in Psychology

  7. Trips and Visits • Galleries of Justice in Nottingham, • Science Museum, Freud Museum, • National Archives, Science and • Pseudoscience Conference, Forensic • Conference

  8. Trips and Visits • Visited by: • a District Judge • a Neuroscientist (specialising in Schizophrenia and Forensics) • PHD students

  9. Entry Level and Assessment Criteria • AQA Psychology Specification B – examining board –June Exams entries • Entry requirements - 5 G.C.S.E’s at A-C (including Maths and English – C from the upper tier) • Assessment by exams:- -AS - Unit 1 – Introducing Psychology; Unit 2 – Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology and Individual Differences – both account for 50% of total AS marks, 25% of total A Level marks • - A2 – Unit 3 – Child Development, Mood Disorders and Schizophrenia or Health Psychology, and Forensic Psychology Unit 4 – Approaches, Debates and Methods in Psychology – both account for 25% of total A Level marks

  10. Exam Results at High Storrs • Pass rate 2008 – 94% at A2 • Pass rate 2009 – 100% at A2 • Pass rate 2010 – 100% at A2 • Pass rate 2011 – 97% at A2 • Pass rate 2012 – 94% at A2 • Pass rate 2013 - 98% at A2

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