Psychology

Course summary

How will I learn? By applying scientific principles when carrying out investigations and analysing psychological research and theory. Class activities e.g. debates, discussions, role-plays. By questioning common sense' ideas people have about human behaviour and critically examining psychological evidence. What will I learn? Topics studied include: ·Obedience, conformity and social change. ·Memory, including the multi-store and working memory models. ·Addiction and aggression. ·Offender profiling, causes of crime. ·Schizophrenia, depression, phobias, OCD treatments of mental disorders. ·Case studies, such as CW, HM who had brain damage and amnesia. ·Research methods such as practical investigations, statistics, experiments, observations and questionnaires. ·Debates eg ethics, social control.