12A Psychology Miss Baptie
12A PsychologyMiss BaptieIntroduction to the CourseBreakdown of
Mark schemes and examsIntroduction to A01, A02, A03
Origins of Psychology
Welcome Back!!!
Congratulations!Summer ProjectsReview Day 20/10Initial Targets
21/09Introduction to the course
Psychology AS 2015-16Exams:You will take 1 official mock in
JanuaryYou will take 2 exams in Summer.
Paper 1: Three sections.Section A = Social InfluenceSection B =
MemorySection C = AttachmentPaper 2: Three sections.Section A =
Approaches in PsychologySection B = PsychopathologySection C =
Research Methods
Psychology AS 2015-16Exams:
Both exams will equate to 100% of an AS
IF you choose to continue, in 2017, you will revise all AS
topics with the addition of the topic:BiopsychologyYou will then
re-take more difficult versions of the exams you took in summer
2016
Psychology A level 2016-17The third and final exam in summer
2017 will be Unit PSY04
This unit is made up of optional modules:
You are able to choose one topic from each option block
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Grade Boundaries A01 - Knowledge
A02 - Application
A03 - EvaluationA* - 10A - 9B - 8C - 7D - 6E - 5U - 4>A* -
20A - 18B - 16C - 14D - 12E - 10U - 8>12 markers
Psychology A LevelWith me
Week 2 6 = Social Influence Topic specific Mock: 19/10
Week 8 11 = MemoryTopic Specific Mock: TW Week 11
Week 12 14 = Attachment + 2 weeks after Xmas.
Official Mock Mid January on all 3 topics incorporating RM
Activity 1: Fact or Fake???In groups try and figure out which of
these 6 Psychology experiments is actually fake
Which of these studies were lab experiments?What is the benefit
of using lab experiments? Which of these were field
experiments?What is the benefit of conducting field
experiments?Which study breeched the most ethical guidelines?
What???
The emergence of psychology as a science
Wundt & Introspcetion
Evaluation of Introspection as a scientific method
Different forms of Research
How???!!
Discussion about Wundts school of Psychology
Watch video explaining emergence of Structuralism
Comparison between Wundt and current scientific methods
Origins of PsychologyPsychology was a branch of Philosophy until
the 1870s when it developed as an independent discipline.
Psychology Definition:
The science of Behaviour and Mental Processes.
Willhelm Wundt (1879)In 1879, Wundt founded the first school of
psychology in Leipzig, Germany.
WundtWundt believed thoughts and mental processes were objective
and could be measured and controlled.
He aimed to study the structure of the human mind by looking at
memory, attention and perception.
He used a technique known as Introspection (pg 124)
Introspection * Highly trained subjects look inward and report
inner situations and experiences in response to stimuli
Evaluation of Wundts Introspection Perception is subjective
Unreliable
Invalid (inaccurate)
The scientific methodWundt developed the idea of Psychology as a
science
The new scientific approach to psychology had 2 major
assumptions
1. All behaviour is seen as being caused (determinism)
2. Human behaviour can be predicted in certain conditions.
The Scientific MethodPsychologists use the scientific method to
conduct their research. The scientific method is a standardized way
of making observations, gathering data, forming theories, testing
predictions, and interpreting results.
Research MethodsLab studyField studyNatural
studyQuasi-experimentObservationCase studyMeta analysis
