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Psychology A Level

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Getting Ahead

Psychology A Level at Havant Campus

Welcome to A Level Psychology. Over the next two years you’ll study a great variety of theories and research studies in the fascinating world of psychology. The beauty of psychology is that it is present in all aspects of your life, from walking through the supermarket and buying clothes to sports matches, the X Factor, teaching your dog new tricks, Brexit, Donald Trump and worshipping your favourite celebrity. Of course, there are also more obvious areas in which psychology plays a role, ranging from the treatment of psychological disorders such as depression to criminal profiling in the field of forensic psychology. You’ll find out more about these topics in the two years of your Psychology course, so there is a lot to look forward to.

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For your Getting Ahead work, please complete the following independent research tasks before the start of term in September. These topics link in with your first year of study so will give you a headstart. You should use the internet to research your answers. These are some useful links below but you can also use your own online sources.
Please bring your fact sheets to your first lesson.
If you have any questions please send an email to ben.funnell@hsdc.ac.uk or busi.makanza@hsdc.ac.uk
We’re looking forward to seeing you in September.

The Psychology Team

Research and produce a fact sheet on two key studies:

  1. Milgram’s (1963) Obedience to Authority study
  2. Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment

In your fact sheet use the following headings:

  • Aim
  • Participants
  • Procedure
  • Results
  • Conclusions
  1. Watch the following video clip about attention and perception & write down 5 key points
  1. Watch the following YouTube TED talk about Elizabeth Loftus, a famous Psychologist & note down 5 points you find particularly interesting

Explain how research such as Milgram & Zimbardo might explain historical atrocities such as the Nazi persecution of the Jews.

Historical Atrocities such as the Nazi persecution of the Jews.

Discuss how memory and eye witness testimony research might impact on society.  You could mention education and / or Law

Resources

Meet your Teachers

  • Hugh Hooper

  • Matt Hahn-Griffiths

  • Busi Makansa

  • Bridget Jones

  • Rebecca Johnstone

  • Ben Funnell

  • Claire Hooper

  • Julio Carrillo

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Your Learning Space

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