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Psychology

Course outline/overview:


Key Stage 3


Psychology is not taught at KS3

Key Stage 4

The Academy intends to commence teaching KS4 Psychology in September 2011.

GCSE Specification AQA Making Sense of Other People.
The course is organised into two units:

  • Unit 1: Memory, Non-verbal Communication, Development of Personality, Stereotyping and Discrimination and Research Methods
  • Unit 2: Learning, Social Influence, Sex and Gender, Aggression and Research Methods.

Key Stage 5

GCE AS/A2 Specification AQA A
• The course is organised into four units;

  • Unit 1: Memory, Developmental Psychology, Research Methods
  • Unit 2: Biological Psychology, Social Psychology and Individual Differences
  • Unit 3: Topics in Psychology
  • Unit 4: Psychopathology, Psychology in Action and Research Methods