FACULTY LEADER: Mr M Faulkner

SUBJECT TEACHER: Mrs T Ward

Qualifications and exam boards: A-level Psychology - AQA

Psychology is a fascinating subject for anyone who is interested in how and why people behave as they do. Whether it is studied at school or university level, the content of the course is fully applicable to real life and, as a modern experimental science, research in the subject is also cutting edge. The content of this A Level course is relevant to many higher education courses and careers as it focusses on applied psychology. It is also very broad and encompasses a range of topics in psychology, including drug therapy, learning theories, memory and forgetting, explanations of antisocial behaviour and clinical psychology, so is bound to interest a wide range of students.

KS3 and KS4 Curriculum

Although Psychology is not taught at KS3 or KS4, students with an interest in human beings and how they operate will have encountered aspects of the course throughout their lives and school careers. Elements to do with authority, conformity, attachment, memory and learning apply to all manner of parts of daily life, and will remind students of things they have encountered in the news, the media, history, PSHE and PREP lessons.

KS5 Curriculum

See the Sixth Form pages of the website for further details of the A-level Psychology course. 

Assessment

This two year A Level course consists of 3 externally examined papers.

Paper 1: Introductory topics in Psychology (2 hrs). Includes multiple choice, short answer and extended response questions.

Paper 2: Psychology in context (2 hrs). Includes multiple choice, short answer and extended response questions.

Paper 3: Issues and options in psychology (2hrs). Includes multiple choice, short answer and extended response questions