WJEC A-level Psychology

What is included

What this course covers

• Psychology: Past to Present (Unit 1)

  • Topic 1 — The biological approach
  • Topic 2 — The psychodynamic approach
  • Topic 3 — The behaviourist approach
  • Topic 4 — The cognitive approach
  • Topic 5 — The positive approach

• Psychology: Using Psychological Concepts (Unit 2)

  • Topic 6 — Contemporary debates
  • Topic 7 — Social psychology: Milgram (1963) Behavioral study of obedience
  • Topic 8 — Developmental psychology: Kohlberg (1968) The child as a moral philosopher
  • Topic 9 — Deciding on a research question
  • Topic 10 — Methodologies
  • Topic 11 — Location of research
  • Topic 12 — Participants
  • Topic 13 — Experimental design
  • Topic 14 — Levels of measurement
  • Topic 15 — Graphical representation
  • Topic 16 — Descriptive statistics
  • Topic 17 — Reliability
  • Topic 18 — Validity
  • Topic 19 — Ethics

• Psychology: Implications in the Real World (Unit 3)

  • Topic 20 — Addictive behaviours (option)
  • Topic 21 — Autistic spectrum behaviours (option)
  • Topic 22 — Bullying behaviours (option)
  • Topic 23 — Criminal behaviours (option)
  • Topic 24 — Schizophrenia (option)
  • Topic 25 — Stress (option)
  • Topic 26 — Controversies

• Psychology: Applied Research Methods (Unit 4)

  • Topic 27 — Personal investigations
  • Topic 28 — Methodologies: brain scans, longitudinal and cross-sectional studies
  • Topic 29 — Assessing reliability and assessing validity
  • Topic 30 — Graphical representation: distribution curves
  • Topic 31 — Inferential statistics

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