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AS Psychology at JCG The Study of Behaviour and Experience

AS Psychology at JCG The Study of Behaviour and Experience. Miss F Hutchings Mr A Moss. AS Course Content. Students will be taught 15 core studies as they fall into one of five approaches: Physiological Psychology Sleep, Split-Brains, hippocampi of taxi drivers.

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AS Psychology at JCG The Study of Behaviour and Experience

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  1. AS Psychology at JCGThe Study of Behaviour and Experience Miss F Hutchings Mr A Moss

  2. AS Course Content Students will be taught 15 core studies as they fall into one of five approaches: • Physiological Psychology • Sleep, Split-Brains, hippocampi of taxi drivers. • Developmental Psychology • Cognitive development, Aggression, Phobias • Cognitive Psychology • Theory of Mind, Memory, Teaching communication through symbols to a Chimpanzee, • Social Psychology • Obedience, Tyranny, Altruism • Psychology of Individual Differences • MPD, fruit machine gambling, Being Sane in Insane places

  3. Developmental Psychology Developmental Psychology is interested in discovering the psychological processes of development.  The core studies in this section all focus on how children develop.  It is worth noting that developmental psychologists also study adulthood too.

  4. Bandura

  5. Cognitive Psychology • Cognitive psychologists focus on our mental processes or cognitions.  These mental processes that cognitive psychologists focus on include memory, perception, thinking and language. • The main concern of cognitive psychology is how information received from our senses is processed by the brain and how this processing directs how we behave. • Cognitive processes are examples of hypothetical constructs.  That is, we cannot directly see processes such as thinking but we can infer what a person is thinking based on how they act

  6. Loftus & Palmer

  7. Social psychology • Social Psychology is interested in studying individuals in a social context, such as family, friends, institutions, and wider society.  Social behaviour may involve activity within a group or between groups. • One of the debates in social psychology is whether an individual's behaviour is a result of their personality or their social context.

  8. Milgram

  9. Psychology of Individual Differences • Psychology often makes generalisations about people.  Depending upon your point of view this can be seen as a great strength of Psychology or a weakness or probably both. • It is important that we recognise that there are as many differences between people as there are similarities • There has been a tendency in Psychology to ignore the experiences of people from different cultures. 

  10. Rosenhan

  11. Physiological Psychology • Physiological Psychology focuses on the relationship between our biological makeup and our behaviour and experiences.   • This area of Psychology looks at the structure of our nervous system (including our brains) and the action of chemicals that can have an effect on our behaviour.   • Some physiological psychologists argue that behaviour and experiences can be explained in terms of brain structure and chemicals.  For example, in the affect of drugs on mood and behaviour.

  12. AS Psychology Assessment Two mandatory units, which are externally assessed and form 50% of the corresponding four-unit A-Level in Psychology. Psychological investigations (30%) May 2014 • Students will study four research methods and plan novel psychological investigations within the examination. • They will be assessed in a 1 hour examination. Core studies (70%) May 2014 • Students will study 15 core studies, which are classics in Psychology or studies that raise interesting debates and issues in Psychology. • They will be assessed in a 2 hour examination.

  13. A Level Psychology Two AS classes in Year 12 Two A2 classes in Year 13 All A Level classes have five hours of classwork and five hours of homework per week. A Level Psychology teachers are Miss Hutchings and Mr Moss. Students who follow the course at Beaulieu, DLS or VCJ will also learn the OCR specification.

  14. Off Island VisitsUniversity of Exeter, University of Plymouth and London Conferences

  15. Every year since 2007 we have been fortunate to have had the service of Dr Guy Sutton who has excited and thrilled the students with an informative day of workshops, lectures and even dissections on the brain. The annual visit to Durrell to observe the primates is a highlight for many students. All students are provided with an opportunity to complete the nationally recognised SPELL Introduction qualification. On IslandDurrell Observation, Brain Day & SPELL Training

  16. Psychology Academy Fortnightly lunchtime sessions designed to stretch and challenge beyond the specification. Autumn 2012 speakers this term have included: • Peter Mac (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy) • Ethnocentrism (Mr Mao) • Investigative Psychology (Prof David Canter) • Judy Benest (Counselling)

  17. A2 Psychology Forensic Psychology Clinical and Health Psychology

  18. Weekly Psychology Clinic after school helps students to exceed their target grade.

  19. What do our students think? Sophie Hamon-Cole… Applied to read Psychology at University in September 2013 Prof Canter – November 2012

  20. AS Psychology at JCGThe Study of Behaviour and Experience Miss F Hutchings Mr A Moss

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