Yr11/12 Psychology Transition

Essential Knowledge!

These are the topics that we consider essential for you to have mastered in preparation for you to be a brilliant A level psychologist

Great psychology websites to explore

• PsyPost
• https://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/study/psychology_a-z
• PsychCentral
• Psychology Today
• Research Digest
• MindHacks
• PsyBlog

Great psychology reading books

• Thinking Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman
• Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking - Malcolm Gladwell
• The Interpretation of Dreams - Sigmund Freud
• The Happiness Trap - Russ Harris
• The Chimp Paradox - Prof Steve Peters
• The Myth of Mental Illness - Thomas Szasz
• The Man who couldn't stop - David Adam
• Madness Explained - Richard Bentall
• The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat - Oliver Sacks

Interesting Psychology TED Talks