3 - Psychology HL

Assessment

External Assessment: Paper 1 – Approaches – 2 hour exam - 40% Exam: 3 x 9 mark short answer questions and 1 x 22 mark essay on the following topics: • Socio-cultural Approach – includes the study of how we gain our cultural values, how and why we form stereotypes and how these can affect us and the role of globalisation on behaviour. • Cognitive Approach – includes the study of memory and problem solving, including why our memories can be wrong and how emotion affects our thoughts and the effect of digital technology on us • Biological Approach – includes the way that hormones, neurochemicals and genetics affects our behaviour, as well as the way our brain works and the use of animals in research Paper 2 – Options – 2 hour exam - 20% Exam: 2 x 22 mark essay on the following topic: • Relationships – includes the study of how relationships are formed, maintained and ended and why we will or won’t help other people. • Abnormality– includes the study of how diagnosis is made and the explanations and treatments of depression. Paper 3 – Research Methods – 1 hour exam - 20% 3 x 3 mark, 1 x 6 mark and 1 x 9 mark questions from a set list on a write up of a piece of research. Includes the study of experimental and non-experimental methods, ethics and biases in research. Internal Assessment (coursework) – 20% 1600 word research project based on a group experiment.