Psychology

Over the summer it would be a good idea to start to become more familiar with what the study of psychology is all about. Start to read around and explore the subject, considering some of the current research areas and studies, learning about the history of psychology and starting to consider some of the key psychological researchers that have helped develop our understanding of human behaviour.

Example Lesson: An example lesson to introduce you to what a psychology lesson might include is available here.

During this example lesson we will look at a case study of Clive Wearing. Two short videos of Clive Wearing are available https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwigmktix2Y  

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Complete Tutor2U Transition to A Level Psychology Online Course: https://ondemand.tutor2u.net/students/transition-to-aqa-alevel-psychology-skills-booster  

You will need an A4 lever arch folder with 11 dividers to separate notes for each topic within the course. This can be kept at home and will be for you to organise your notes once we are no longer using them during lessons. We will periodically require you to bring this to lessons to have it checked.

For each lesson you will need an A4 notepad. You should be able to remove each sheet of paper as you will be covering more than one topic at a time and you will need to separate your notes into the relevant section of your folder at home. You may also wish to have a smaller A4 ring binder to bring into lessons that you can store your psychology notes in until we are no longer referring to them in lessons. 

Compulsory Subject Textbooks

Psychology A Level Year 1 and AS: The Complete Companion Student Book for AQA

Oxford

ISBN: 978-0198436324

Optional Subject Textbooks:

AQA Psychology for A Level Year 1 & AS - Revision Guide

Illuminate Publishing

ISBN 978-1908682444

Contribution

A £2 contribution for Exampro will be requested to support with online exam questions as part of your revision.