Psychology Year 2 CONGRATULATIONS ON MAKING IT THROUGH THE ‘AS’ EXAMS

So what’s ahead ?

Getting ready for university/ a career/ independence of course

HOW EXCITING

What skills have you developed since starting your ‘A’ level course?

Which skills would you like to improve further?

UCAS reference – what are universities and employers looking for?

Flexibility – An ability to apply subject knowledge and understanding to different contexts or situations

Motivation/curiosity – demonstrated by quality of research/independent study

Analytical skills - An ability to present coherent arguments and skills of evaluation

Confidence to be original and show independence of thought

Organisational skills – time management, presentation of work

Communication skills - oral and written powers of expression

As well as academic skills – social competencies are also highly valued• Self-confidence• Enthusiasm• Maturity• Leadership• Sociability • Collaboration/cooperation skills - working with others• Internal Locus of Control• Resilience• Growth mind set• Hardy personality

How many people did you see?

There are at least 10 and the most frequently missed is the baby in the woman's arms.

But what has this got to do with 21st Century thinking ?

What connects these images?

What will you be learning about in the coming year?

Here is an opportunity to demonstrate evidence of your

Motivation Curiosity Genuine InterestCommitment to the courseWillingness to follow instructions

Have you seen the specification? If you have been keeping up to date with the blog you will know I asked you to read through the specification for Unit 3 and Unit 4

Collect a white board

Unit 3 – PSYA3 ‘Topics in Psychology’

Q1: list the topics you can choose to study in unit 3

(a) Biological rhythms and sleep(b) Perception(c) Relationships(d) Aggression(e) Eating behaviour (f) Gender(g) Intelligence and learning (h) Cognition and development

Q2: How many do we actually study?

Q3: The unit 3 exam lasts how long?1.30 hours

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Unit 3 – PSYA3 ‘Topics in Psychology’

25% of the total ‘A’ Level marks. 1 hour 30 minutes exam

3 essay questions chosen from eight topics:

(a) Biological rhythms and sleep(b) Perception(c) Relationships(d) Aggression(e) Eating behaviour (f) Gender(g) Intelligence and learning (h) Cognition and development QWC will be assessed in each essay

Unit 4 – PSYA4 Psychopathology, Psychology in Action and Research Methods•Phobic Disorders

•Anomalous experience

•Designing research and making sense of data

Psychopathology

Develop knowledge and understanding of models, classification and diagnosis of one disorder, either:

• schizophrenia• depression• phobic disorders• obsessive compulsive disorder

Psychology in ActionAnomalistic psychology - The study of anomalous experience

• Pseudoscience and the scientific status of parapsychology• Methodological issues related to the study of paranormal cognition(ESP, including Ganzfeld) and paranormal action (psychokinesis)

Explanations for anomalous experience• The role of coincidence and probability judgements in anomalous experience• Explanations for superstitious behaviour and magical thinking• Personality factors underlying anomalous experience• Research into exceptional experiences. Psychological research into

and explanations for psychic healing, near-death and out of body experiences, and psychic mediumship

Research Methods

• understand the application of scientific method in psychology• design investigations• understand how to analyse and interpret data arising from investigations,• report on practical investigations.

In order to gain sufficient understanding of the design and conduct of scientific research in psychology, you will need to practise these skills by carrying out, analysing and reporting small-scale investigation.

Text Book Choice ??

Look in the library or the psychology shelves – see

what is available –Choose what is right for

you

Developing a routine DAY WORK

Monday Learn your studies: make revision cards, APRC each study etc.

Tuesday Mini prep – complete tasks started in lesson

Wednesday Mini prep – complete tasks started in lesson

Thursday Prep hand-in dayNew prep given – do your prep as soon as you get it

Friday Consolidation reading – read your text book again, explore the internet/alternative sources of information. U-TUBE

Saturday FREE – if you are fully up to date

Sunday Pre-reading – read ahead. Work out what’s coming next and start thinking about the topic and generating questions.

As for me – I will be busy too! DAY WORK

Monday Researching, reading different sources of information –looking at the teaching materials to see if I can improve them. Writing the blog.Planning and writing feedback.

Tuesday Researching, reading different sources of information –looking at the teaching materials to see if I can improve them. Writing the blog.Planning and writing feedback . After school clinic

Wednesday Researching, reading different sources of information –looking at the teaching materials to see if I can improve them. Writing the blog.Planning and writing feedback. Staff meeting

Thursday Researching, reading different sources of information –looking at the teaching materials to see if I can improve them. Writing the blog.Planning and writing feedback.

Friday After school clinic and prep catch-up. Researching, reading different sources of information –looking at the teaching materials to see if I can improve them. Writing the blog.Planning and writing feedback.

Saturday Catching up with writing feedback, catching up on emails, dealing with dept. admin etc

Sunday Free

TO SUMMARISE…DAY WORK

Thursday Prep day - prep taken in and new prep given out

Friday after school Anyone who misses prep deadline on Thursday will be given a COMPULSARY homework detention for as long as it takes to complete the assignment.

I WILL BE CARRYING OUT RANDOM SPOT CHECKS OF FOLDERS AND WORK SHEETS - STAY ORGANISED –KEEP UP TO DATE