Psychology

Course summary

What will you study in Year 12? • Introductory topics in psychology; social influence, memory, attachment, psychopathology. • Psychology in context: approaches in psychology (including biopsychology) and research methods. What will you study in Year 13? • Issues and options in psychology: schizophrenia, relationships, aggression and research methods • Contemporary issues and debates in psychology; the nature versus nurture debate, ethics, gender bias, culture bias, holism versus reductionism, idiographic versus nomothetic approach and free will versus determinism.