Psychology
We hope you are looking forward to joining us in September to study A level Psychology.
We follow the AQA specification.
Although you will not have studied Psychology before, there are lots of things you can do to get yourself prepared for September.
Mr Hale
Happy - Derren Brown
The Psychopath Test - Jon Ronson
Derren Brown - The Heist (on Youtube)
The Mind Explained (Netflix Series)
Speaking of Psychology (Podcast)
The Positive Psychology Podcast
https://www.scientificamerican.com/mind-and-brain/
Conduct some research into the history of Psychology. Create a simple timeline with key points/Psychologists. Include at least 8 points on your timeline. You may want to include psychologists such as John Watson, Sigmund Freud and Albert Bandura.
As part of the Psychopathology module we look at Phobias. 1. Choose 3 phobias and find out their official title (E.g. Arachnophobia is the fear of Spiders). 2. Provide 3 explanations as to why people develop phobias. 3. Provide 3 treatments of Phobias.