Psychology is a Social Science; concerned with the way people behave and think, how they react to different situations and interact with others. The course will address the following branches of psychology:

• Cognitive Psychology: mental activities such as remembering;
• Developmental Psychology: how people develop, throughout their lives from infancy to old age;
• Physiological Psychology: how the brain and nervous system operate and how our experience can be affected by physiological processes and mechanisations;
• Individual differences: what makes people different from one another;
• Social Psychology: how people interact with one another, and also how they come to make sense of what’s going on in their social worlds;

Psychology is an exciting and unique subject and ideal for those fascinated by our own social interactions and by the behaviour of others. It is a useful qualification for anyone working with the public (education, hospitals, police, prisons).

AS Level:

Unit 1: Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology and Research Methods
Unit 2: Biological Psychology, Social Psychology and individual differences

A Level:

Unit 3: Topics in Psychology : Biolog rhythms and sleep, Agression and Eating Behaviour
Unit 4: Psychotherapy : Psychology Action and research Methods