Psychology

Department Vision

Academic excellence

  • To promote intellectual excellence, the department aims to maintain high academic standards for all Psychology A Level students.
  • Maintain and develop a purposeful and positive teaching environment with dedicated teaching and tracking of students.
  • To encourage opportunities to complete investigative psychology work, with the promotion of the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ).

Community

  • To promote connections within the department and the greater community, the department encourage collaboration across WGSB and WGSG both with staff and students.
  • Promote a collegial environment in which ideas are shared freely.
  • To promote students-to-student roles in the department such as Psychology Ambassador, who serve the deportment at open evenings, subject fairs etc.

Diversity

  • To promote diversity of viewpoints and experiences.  The department treats all individuals with dignity and respect.
  • To recognise the importance of both individual and group characteristics (i.e. those that make us unique and those that make us similar).
  • Maintain a supportive and collaborative learning environment designed to enhance one another's personal and professional development.
  • To encourage open-mindedness in students in order to prepare them for adult life and the world of work.

Integrity

  • To maintain and promote the respectability of Psychology; teaching in detail ethical principles of the professional organisation. This includes the protection and the welfare of participants involved in academic research (those with whom we serve and avoid doing harm)

Post 16 at WG6

Year 12

 

Topics

Learning Outcomes

Term 1

Paper 1:

Social Influence

Memory

 

All papers:

Research Methods

Overall students should be able to:

• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of psychological concepts, theories, research studies, research methods and ethical issues in relation to the specified content.

apply psychological knowledge and understanding of the specified content in a range of contexts

analyse, interpret and evaluate psychological concepts, theories, and research studies in relation to the specified content

 

 

Knowledge and understanding of research methods, practical research skills and mathematical skills will also be developed.

 

Term 2

Paper 1:

Memory continued

Attachments

 

All papers:

Research Methods

Term 3

Paper 1:

Attachments continued

Psychopathology

 

All papers:

Research Methods

Term 4

Paper 2:

Approaches

Comparison of Approaches

 

All papers:

Research Methods

Term 5

Paper 2:

Biopsychology

 

All papers:

Research Methods

Term 6

All papers:

Research Methods

 

Research Project

Year 13

 

Topics

Learning Outcomes

Term 1

Paper 3:

Gender

 

All papers:

Research Methods

Overall students should be able to:

• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of psychological concepts, theories, research studies, research methods and ethical issues in relation to the specified content.

apply psychological knowledge and understanding of the specified content in a range of contexts

analyse, interpret and evaluate psychological concepts, theories, and research studies in relation to the specified content

 

 

Knowledge and understanding of research methods, practical research skills and mathematical skills will also be developed.

Term 2

Paper 3:

Aggression

Schizophrenia

 

All papers:

Research Methods

Term 3

Paper 3:

Schizophrenia continued

Issues and Debates

 

All papers:

Research Methods

Term 4

Paper 3:

Issues and Debates continued

 

All papers:

Research Methods

Term 5

Examination preparation and practice