Psychology
Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School
Course summary
Paper 1: Introductory topics in Psychology - Social influence: group behaviors, conformity, obedience and social change - Memory: different explanations of how we remember and forget - Attachment: factors affecting our early relationships with parents and their effect on our development - Psychopathology: explanations and treatments of mental illness Paper 2: Psychology in context - Approaches in Psychology: different sets of theory and elated research methods - Biopsychology: physiology and brain behavior - Research methods: experimental and non-experimental ways of gathering data - Data analysis Paper 3: Issues and opinions in Psychology - Issues and debates in Psychology: nature v nurture, freewill v determinism, ethical issues and gender/culture bias - Typical behavior: Cognition and development and explanations of changes to thinking skills in infancy and childhood - Atypical behavior: Explanations and treatments of Schizophrenia - Anti-social behavior: Individual v group explanations of violent behavior
Entry Requirements
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Grade 6 in GCSE English and Math's One Grade 6 in GCSE Triple Science/Two Grades 6 for Double Science
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Assessment
Year 1 Assessment As the course involves linear assessment, there is no external examination at the end of year 12. Instead, there is an internally set mock examination, which will cover material from the first 2 papers. The grade for this mock examination is used to both decide progression to year 2 of the course and to predict grades for UCAS applications Year 2 Assessment Paper 1: Assessed written exam: 2 hours 96 marks in total 33.3% of A-level Paper 2: Assessed written exam: 2 hours 96 marks in total 33.3% of A-level Paper 3: Assessed written exam: 2 hours 96 marks in total 33.3% of A-level These Papers cover the full scope of the content with extended writing being assessed in paper 3.
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