Psychology

A Level & AS Level Psychology Courses & Re-takes

Psychology

Psychology is very appealing subject for many of our students at Westminster Tutors. The study of Psychology deals with the mind and human behaviour to understand how and why people act the way they do. Psychology is a science: for example, students learn about the biology of the brain, and mathematical skills are developed when analysing and interpreting data.

Course outline

Compulsory Content

Compulsory Content

  1. Social influence
  2. Memory
  3. Attachment
  4. Psychopathology
  5. Approaches in psychology
  6. Biopsychology
  7. Research methods
  8. Issues and debates in psychology

Optional Content

Option 1

  1. Relationships
  2. Gender
  3. Cognition and development

Option 2

  1. Schizophrenia
  2. Eating behaviour
  3. Stress

Option 3

  1. Aggression
  2. Forensic psychology
  3. 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

Teachers will choose the examination board for students joining in Year 12 based on their expertise and specialist knowledge. For Year 13 and retake students, teachers will continue students’ studies with AQA, Edexcel/Pearson, OCR or WJEC/Eduqas. Please note that we do not offer CIE but can more than map to one of the boards listed.

Teachers

Lyndsey Hayes
BSc (Goldsmith), CPsychol, PGCE (IoE), QTLS

Monika Loewy
BA (SDSU, California), MA (Goldsmith’s), PhD (Goldsmith’s)

Tyler Stone
BSc (LSE), MSc (Exeter), PGCE (Roehampton)

News

Advance Information for Summer 2022 Exams

Advance Information for Summer 2022 Exams

Feb 8, 2022

This week the exam boards have published their advance information for the exams this summer, and this can be found at the links below: AQA Edexcel OCR Our initial impression is that there is not much reduction in content, but the aim is to guide students to...

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