Intro to AS Psychology Ms Alexander and Ms Rose fth@roedean.co.uk jro@roedean.co.uk

Ms Rose Something personal that represents me….

Psychology is all about…. Knowing me Knowing you Task Find something personal in your possession that represents who you are. Share it!

Knowing Psychology What is Psychology? Brainstorm everything you know (or think!) about what Psychology is. Think about… What is it the study of? What are psychologists interested in? What are similar subjects? Ms Alexander

WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY? It is ‘the scientific study of brain, behaviour and experience’ Psychologists are interested in finding out about many different aspects of human and non-human behaviour, for example : How can we improve our memory? Does day-care make children more sociable? Does watching violent TV affect levels of violence on the streets?

How do psychologists find out about behaviour? They carry out scientific research. These are carefully designed research studies which test predictions. Usually these are well conducted but as we go through the different topics you will see that some behaviours are very difficult to study scientifically Can you think of some examples?

What do psychologists do? ‘Psychology, like all other sciences, can be misapplied. But, rightly used psychology can make an immense contribution to human happiness’. (Rex and Margaret Knight 1959) Psychologists carry out research, apply psychological knowledge to their day-to-day work or teach the subject in schools and universities. There are many occupations which use applied psychology

APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY Clinical psychologists Educational psychologists Forensic/criminal psychologists Health psychologists Occupational psychologists In the UK any one who wishes to practice as a psychologist has to be ‘chartered’ through the British Psychological Society. This is the only professional body for psychologists in the UK and ensures they are adequately qualified to be working in their field.

Course Expectations Complete Introduction Material ‘Summer Project’ Blog https://psycblog2016to2018.wordpress.com/ Textbook Dynamic Learning User – Roedean email Password – Learning Centre Number - 20663 Folder Specification – course mapping

AQA AS Level Course: new in 2015 Topics: Social Influence Memory Attachment Topics: Research Methods Psychopathology Approaches in Psychology (including Bio Psychology) NB. If you are planning to do the full A Level – this is the first year of your course but the exams are slightly different! You don’t need to worry about this for now!

AQA A Level Course: Brand new for 2015 3 papers sat at the end of year 2. Exams are 30 minutes longer than the AS exams, require more detail, numeracy and contain some additional content. Topics: Social Influence Memory Attachment Psychopathology Topics: Research Methods Bio Psychology (with additional content) Inferential Statistics Three Option Topics: e.g. Relationships Schizophrenia Forensic (criminal) Issues and debates Items in red are different to the AS Level

What will the exams look like? At AS level all exams are 1 hour 30 minutes long and contain multiple choice, short answer and extended writing questions up to 12 marks. At A Level all exams are 2 hours long and contain multiple choice short answer and extended writing questions up to 16 marks. But in order to fully understand the requirements of the exam we need to know how you are being assessed. These are called Assessment Objectives (AO’s) which assess the skills that you need to demonstrate in Psychology. We will have a look at these now… J Rose

Skills, skills, skills…. Remember Understand Apply Analyse Evaluate Create These are the skills we are going to use to structure our lessons. The higher the skills you demonstrate on the ladder, the more likely you are to achieve the top grades. But how what do these mean and how do they fit in with Psychology? J Rose

Test your understanding…..   AO1 – Understand AO2 – Apply AO3 – Analyse & interpret scientific method

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