Psychology
A Level & AS Level Psychology Courses & Re-takes
Psychology
Course outline
Compulsory Content
Compulsory Content
- Social influence
- Memory
- Attachment
- Psychopathology
- Approaches in psychology
- Biopsychology
- Research methods
- Issues and debates in psychology
Optional Content
Option 1
- Relationships
- Gender
- Cognition and development
Option 2
- Schizophrenia
- Eating behaviour
- Stress
Option 3
- Aggression
- Forensic psychology
- Addiction
Assesment
AS level
Paper 1: Introductory topics in psychology
- Assessment of compulsory content 1-3
- 72 marks
- 1 hour 30 minutes written paper
- 50% of total AS level
Paper 2: Psychology in context
- Assessment of compulsory content 4, 5 and 7
- 72 marks
- 1 hour 30 minutes written paper
- 50% of total AS level
A level
Paper 1: Introductory topics in psychology
- Assessment of compulsory content 1-4
- 96 marks
- 2 hours written paper
- 33.3% of total A level
Paper 2: Psychology in context
- Assessment of compulsory content 5-7
- 96 marks
- 2 hours written paper
- 33.3% of total A level
Paper 3: Issues and options in psychology
- Assessment of compulsory content 8 and one topic from each of the three options
- 96 marks
- 2 hours written paper
- 33.3% of total A level
Specification
Tutors
BSc (Thames Valley), MSc (Surrey), PhD (Surrey)
Monika Loewy
BA (SDSU, California), MA (Goldsmith’s), PhD (Goldsmith’s)
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