Psychology

The subject of Psychology holds a natural fascination for many. It helps you to understand the behaviour of others and you may even come to better understand yourself. Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behaviour and is applicable to all areas of life. Psychologists work in education and child development, in clinical work dealing with mental illness, in the courtroom acting as expert witnesses, in industry helping to design efficient machines or optimising business organisations and in universities researching into every branch of human behaviour.

GCSE Grade 6 in English and Maths. Grade 6-6 in GCSE in GCSE Combined Science or GCSE Grade 6 in Biology

Component 1 Within this component you will study Social Influence, looking at conformity and obedience; Memory including eyewitness testimony; Attachment and relevant theories, and Psychopathology including phobias, depression and obsessive compulsive disorder. Assessment: One 2 hour paper Component 2 Here you will study psychological theories that underpin explanations of human behaviour; Biopsychology including the functioning of brain and nervous systems as well as biological rhythms and what influences them. You will also study Research Methods including quantitative and qualitative methods and the use of statistical analysis in Psychology. Assessment: One 2 hour paper Component 3 This consists of Issues and Debates in Psychology; Gender, including the influence of biology, cognition and culture; Schizophrenia and its symptoms, causes and treatments and Addiction; including biological and psychological explanations for the initiation and maintenance of such behaviour and why people relapse after a period of abstinence. Assessment: One 2 hour paper

You will learn about important theories and research in Psychology and how to evaluate these. Group discussion in lesson also forms an important aspect of the subject. The department is also proud of its active Psychology Society where students gain an appreciation of the discipline beyond the specification.

Applications for BA/BSc Psychology courses have risen by 60,000 over the last 10 years. These range from Social Psychology, Behavioural (animal and human) Psychology to Biological Psychology, Psychopathology, Machine Intelligence or Statistics