Course description

Days and Timings

2 groups for different optional modules

Group 1 

Wednesday 2:30 to 3:30

Friday            3:30 to 4:30

Group 2

Monday 3:30 

Friday.   4:30

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

What will i learn?