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AQA Advanced GCE Psychology

at Keswick School, Keswick · school or sixth form

Ofsted rated their sixth form provisionOutstanding2024see the detail

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull time

What the college says

Year 1 Social influence - this topic focuses on why people obey authority and also why people conform within social situations. We also study how and why people stand out from the crowd and are able to resist pressures to conform or obey. Memory - studying models of how the long term and short term memory works. Study how police conduct interviews and look at eyewitness testimony so that they can get reliable evidence. Attachment - studying how children get attached to those who care for them. How these attachments are studied and problems in attachment in children who have had no chance to form attachments; for example, children brought up in Romanian orphanages. Biopsychology - the nervous system and hormones in determining behaviour, the fight or flight response including the role of adrenaline, the function in the brain and recovery of the brain after trauma, ways of studying the brain and biological rhythms and sleep. Approaches in psychology - the fundamental approaches in psychology e.g. cognitive, behavioural and biological. This includes how our biology influences our behaviour e.g. fight or flight mechanisms. Psychopathology - studying what the above approaches claim causes phobias, OCD and depression and what therapies they offer to treat them. Research methods - looking at research methods and reporting and also designing our own research into a variety of interesting psychological topics. Year 2 Aggression- neural and hormonal mechanisms in aggression. Evolutiona

What you need to get on

The Sixth Form minimum entry requirement is grade 5 and 4 in English (either language or literature) and mathematics, in any combination, plus three other GCSEs or equivalent at grade 4 / C.

How you are assessed

Academic subjects, mostly exams, three or four at once. The traditional route to university.

What this level means

The A-level-equivalent step, and what universities and employers ask for.

Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?

Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.

Where it runs

  • Keswick School

    VICARAGE HILL, KESWICK, CA12 5QB

    DaytimeClassroom based
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