Psychology

Course summary

Psychology is a fascinating and very popular subject, but also very demanding. You may find that it captures your interest straight away and that you really enjoy the course from the beginning. However, you might find it to be all confusing and overwhelming. This is even more reason to work hard and take every opportunity outside of lessons to access the additional advice available. Some students also have misconceptions, mistaking Psychology A-level as a subject that requires sitting around and analysing body language! Psychology is a science and requires a lot of hard work to successfully complete the course. Psychology is the scientific study of human and animal behaviour. Psychologists are always trying to understand human interaction and question why they do the things they do; the differences between various groups such as males and females, cultural and sub-cultural groups and many more. Sometimes we have to look at animal behaviour in order to get a better understanding of our behaviour and to answer questions such as ‘How do we learn?’ From a personal perspective you should find the fundamental questions of the psychologist interesting: Why do I behave like this? Why do I feel like this? Why do I think like this? These questions will be explored through the various areas of Psychology that you will study during this year. The specification aims to develop both your Psychological skills as well as your Psychological knowledge and understanding.