Psychology is one of the most popular A-level courses.  It is an opportunity to study a new and exciting subject, delving deep into the mind and offering a new perspective on human behaviour.  In Year 12, students explore how the memory works, eyewitness testimony accounts and its application to real life cases. They look at a range of studies and how they relate to topics such as psychopathology, social influence and attachment.  Students will carry out their own studies in school and a trip to a zoo will allow a range of behaviours to be observed and analysed.  Students also explore a range of approaches surrounding explanations for behaviour, as well as tackling the issues and debates that underpin the subject as a whole.

In Year 13, students deepen their understanding of different topics including biopsychology, aggression, gender and schizophrenia. They develop effective evaluative skills and learn how to apply the issues and debates across these topics. The course involves in-depth discussions, group work, presentations and independent learning.  Students need to be motivated to learn, keen to research specific topics be prepared to engage in lessons. The course is exam-based with three exam papers at the end of the two-year course.  Although course work is not examined, students get the opportunity to produce a report based on their studies.

A-Level bridging work - some of these documents are set up to allow you to work directly onto them on the computer.  If this is the case, please use the Word document and type straight onto the sheets, saving a version to your own computer ready to email or bring in as a printed document.  If the sheet doesn't allow you to work on it digitally or you would like to handwrite onto a printed version, please use the PDF document so the formatting is not altered or distorted.