Psychology

Course summary

Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behaviour. Psychology helps people in large part because it can explain why people act the way they do. It is a broad subject that covers a range of interesting topics including psychopathology, relationships and schizophrenia. Psychology students find this subject particularly rewarding as they can apply the material they learn in class to themselves and others around them. How is the course taught? The course is taught over two years and is delivered via a mixture of PowerPoints, class discussions, extended reading and guided examination practise. Students cover a range of topics throughout both years including social influence, research methods and aggression to name a few. Exam questions are broken down and students are given clear strategies for answering them through sentence starters, model answers and acronyms such as PEEL to help them remember how to structure answers.