Psychology A-Level Part 2

This course is the follow-up to Part 1, and continues to help you explore human thoughts, emotions and behaviours — giving you insight into yourself and other people. You’ll study key areas like memory, attachment, social influence and research methods, as well as topics like mental health, criminal psychology and relationships. This qualification can develop your skills in critical thinking, research, data analysis and communication.

The course contains four lessons that follow on from Part 1:

  1. Approaches and Debates (psychodynamic approach, humanistic approach, gender and culture in psychology, free will and determinism, nature-nurture debate, holism and reductionism, idiopathic and nomothetic approaches, ethical implications of research, comparing approaches)
  2. Schizophrenia (Classifying, explanations, therapies, and the interactionist approach)
  3. Cognition and Development (Piaget’s theory, Vggotsky’s theory, development of social cognition)
  4. Aggression and Further Research Methods (Bio-psychological explanations, ethological and evolutionary explanations, social explanations, media influences, institutional aggression, psychology as a science, inferential testing, choosing a statistical test)

Entry Requirements: Level 2 English plus Psychology A-Level Part 1

Format of Course Materials: Paper-based

Assignments: Four written assignments.

Exams: Three – all are 2 hours long

Prison Support Requirements: Support completion and submission of assignments. Organize and invigilate exams.

Tutor Support: Yes

What’s Next? There’s a range of possible progression options including the Open University Access course Psychology, Social Science and Wellbeing

Find Out More: From NEC here

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