WELCOME TO A LEVELPSYCHOLOGY AT HIGHSTORRS
For enjoyment - hopefully youwill gain a great deal from thecourseFor enjoyment - hopefully youwill gain a great deal from thecourse
To understand yourself more,what you are and why youhave become what you areTo understand yourself more,what you are and why youhave become what you are
To understand others more,the way they think feel andbehave and how theyexperience the world they liveinTo understand others more,the way they think feel andbehave and how theyexperience the world they livein
Why study psychology?
“Interesting and can apply the things learnt to newsituations.”
“Useful for essay writing and practice, interesting,enjoyable, good teachers.”
“If you want to know why people act certain ways itprovides answers. It also covers a variety ofinteresting topics, like schizophrenia.”
“Because it has helped me understand behaviour inothers.”
“The trip to London was fun and useful.”
“It’s interesting, but it is demanding.”
“Have loved Mrs Pike and Mrs Dewis. You arewonderful teachers and will be greatly missed.”
“Quite interesting compared to other A-Level subjects.”
HealthpsychologyHealthpsychology
OccupationalpsychologyOccupationalpsychology
ForensicpsychologyForensicpsychology
EducationalpsychologyEducationalpsychology
ConsumerpsychologyConsumerpsychology
SportspsychologySportspsychology
CounsellingpsychologyCounsellingpsychology
Researchpsychology Researchpsychology
ClinicalpsychologyClinicalpsychology
Specialist areas ofpsychology are:Specialist areas ofpsychology are:
Psychology regards itself asa science.
All of these areas ofpsychology could notfunction without evidence.
To obtain evidence,psychologists and studentsof psychology can adoptresearch methods that areexperimental or non-experimental.
All sciences have toproduce evidence tosupport any theories theymay have.
MODULES COVERED AT HIGH STORRS
Biopsychology, Key Approaches, Gender
Development and Research Methods
Social Psychology, Perception and
Autism
Child Development
Applied Psychology options include:
Mood and Schizophrenia, Forensic
Psychology, Approaches, Debates and
Methods in Psychology
TRIPS AND VISITS
Galleries of Justice in Nottingham,
Science Museum, Freud Museum,
National Archives, Science and
Pseudoscience Conference, Forensic
Conference
TRIPS AND VISITS
Visited by:
• a District Judge
• a Neuroscientist (specialising inSchizophrenia and Forensics)
•PHD students
ENTRY LEVEL AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
AQA Psychology Specification B – examining board –June Exams entries
Entry requirements
-5 G.C.S.E’s at A-C (including Maths and English –C from the upper tier)
Assessment by exams:-
-AS - Unit 1 – Introducing Psychology;
Unit 2 – Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychologyand Individual Differences – both account for 50% oftotal AS marks, 25% of total A Level marks
-A2 – Unit 3 – Child Development, Mood Disorders andSchizophrenia or Health Psychology, and ForensicPsychology
Unit 4 – Approaches, Debates and Methods inPsychology – both account for 25% of total A Levelmarks
EXAM RESULTS AT HIGH STORRS
Pass rate 2008 – 94% at A2
Pass rate 2009 – 100% at A2
Pass rate 2010 – 100% at A2
Pass rate 2011 – 97% at A2
Pass rate 2012 – 94% at A2
Pass rate 2013 - 98% at A2