Days and Timings
Sat and Sun
5 to 6 pm - A2
We will cover the following topics in the live classes:
3.2 A Level Content
The content of the AS Level course, including research methodology, is assumed knowledge for the assessment of Paper 3 and Paper 4. The core studies will not be the direct focus of questions on Paper 3 and Paper 4 but candidates will be expected to build upon their knowledge of approaches, issues and debates and psychological research methodology during their study of the A Level specialist options. The specialist options introduced at A Level explore how psychology can be applied in a range of contexts.
Candidates study how psychology is applied in two of the following areas:
• Clinical Psychology
• Consumer Psychology
• Health Psychology
• Organisational Psychology
A Level issues and debates
At A Level, the issues and debates that candidates will need to consider in relation to each of the specialist options, as appropriate, are:
• the application of psychology to everyday life
• individual and situational explanations
• nature versus nurture
• the use of children in psychological research
• cultural differences
• reductionism versus holism
• determinism versus free-will
• idiographic versus nomothetic.
Research methods and methodological concepts
At A Level we assume knowledge of the research methodology studied at AS Level. Candidates are expected to apply their knowledge of AS Level research methodology to the A Level content. In addition we introduce some new research methods and methodological concepts relevant to A Level studies.
See section 4 Details of Assessment for more information on what candidates should be able to do with the AS and A Level Research Methodology subject content for the planning studies questions in Paper 4 on page 52.
Research methods which are relevant to some of the A Level studies.
Experiments
Questionnaires
Psychometric tests
Hypotheses
Validity
- for A2 Level Students
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