IN THE FIRST YEAR, STUDENTS STUDY:
- Social influence e.g. why do people obey orders?
- Memory e.g. why might eye witnesses’ testimony be inaccurate?
- Attachment e.g. how do people behave as adults if they don’t form relationships as an infant?
- Approaches in Psychology – major theories of human behaviour – Freudian, Behaviourism.
- Psychopathology e.g. how psychologists explain disorders such as OCD, depression and phobias
- Research methods e.g. experiments, observations, questionnaires and data analysis.
IN THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS STUDY ALL THE AS TOPICS PLUS:
- Biopsychology
- Issues and debates in psychology
- Stress
- Gender
- Aggression
- Research methods