Subject Information

Studying Psychology enriches us by helping us to understand human behaviour much better, with all its social interaction, language, communication, motivation, emotions, and decision making. Learning about human behaviour can also help to build your communication skills and improve your teamwork and leadership skills.

What will I study?

There are three parts to A-Level Psychology. You will study:

• Introductory topics: social influence, memory attachment and psychopathology.
• Psychology in context: approaches, biopsychology and research methods.
• Issues, debates and options in Psychology. Students can then choose three topics from: 
  • relationships,
  • gender
  • cognition
  • schizophrenia
  • eating behavior
  • stress
  • aggression
  • forensic psychology
  • addiction.

What can I do with Psychology?

Psychology gives you experience of scientific theory, maths & research skills, history and essay writing, so it can compliment a range of subjects and careers.

More information can be found in the document below:

Psychology A-Level Curriculum