Author: deb

Psychology
An inspirational
subject that will change the way you think about things forever.

Psychology has been defined as the Science of mind and behaviour. Essentially, Psychology is all about people. We are all amateur psychologists, every time we try and work out why someone acted the way they did or try to predict how someone might behave or react.
Psychology tries to answer these questions by investigating them in a more scientific manner.
If you would like to understand both yourself and others better, Psychology is the subject for you.

The A level specification followed is OCR www.ocr.org.uk
AS Level consists of two units: -
Psychological Investigations
15 Core studies
A2 level also consists of two units: -
Health & Clinical / Sport & Exercise / Forensic / Educational Psychology (2 topics are studied)
Approaches & Research Methods.
Classes are a mixture of
Discussion
Practical Activities
Individual Research
Reading
Information sessions
Web based Research
Movies based upon the core studies.

Psychology can lead to specific careers in Industrial, Clinical or Forensic Psychology, counselling and therapy, but it is also a useful qualification to have if you are thinking of any career that involves dealing with people (almost everything!)
An understanding of psychological procedures and principles would also be useful in careers such as teaching, health service related occupations, law (including police) and social work.
For further information
www.newpsych.weebly.com
Ms J McCullough
Newtownbreda High School

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