A-level Psychology

£495.00

Our A-level Psychology course is designed to align with the latest specifications, ensuring you receive the best possible preparation for success—whether you aim to pursue a career in psychology or simply want to develop a deeper understanding of human behaviour.

Psychology is a fascinating and highly relevant subject that explores the complexities of the human mind and behaviour. This course will provide you with valuable insights into how people think, feel, and act, covering key psychological approaches, theories, and real-world applications.

Throughout the course, you will develop essential transferable skills such as analysis, evaluation, and critical thinking, which are highly valued by universities and employers alike. These skills can be applied to a wide range of careers in psychology, healthcare, education, business, criminology, and beyond.

SKU: X915W Categories: ,

250 – 300 Study Hours

Level 3 Difficulty

Up to 56 UCAS Points

AQA Awarding Body

Course Overview

You will be required to complete the three standard written exams.

Official exams

  • 2 hours, 33.3% of marks
  • 2 hours, 33.3% of marks
  • 2 hours, 33.3% of marks

We provide a guaranteed exam space in one of our exam centres around the Country, to take away the hassle of needing to find your own.

Assignments
During your course, you’ll be required to complete the following:

  • 1 introductory assignment
  • 10 assignments

These do not contribute towards your final grade but provide you with an opportunity to submit work to your tutor for marking and feedback. This will help you to gauge your progress as you work through the course.

Course Content

  • Types of Conformity
  • Explanations for obedience
  • Resistance to Social Influence
  • The role of social influence processes in social change
  • The Multi-Store Model
  • Explanations for forgetting
  • Interference theory
  • Retrieval failure
  • The Cognitive Interview Technique
  • Caregiver-infant interactions
  • Stages of attachment
  • Multiple attachments and the role of the father
  • Cultural variations in attachment
  • Behavioural, emotional and cognitive characteristics of disorders
  • Depressive and bipolar disorders
  • OCD and anxiety disorders
  • The behavioural approach to explaining and treating phobias
  • The cognitive approach to depression
  • The biological approach to OCD
  • Origins of psychology
  • Social learning theory
  • Cognitive approaches
  • Biological approaches
  • Psychodynamic approaches, including Freud and the Structure of Personality
  • Humanistic approaches
  • The eclectic approach
  • The Nervous System
  • The Endocrine System
  • The Fight or Flight Response
  • Localisation of brain function
  • Gender
  • Culture
  • Free will and determinism
  • Nature vs nurture
  • Holism and reductionism
  • Idiographic and nomothetic approaches
  • Ethics
  • Partner preferences
  • Factors affecting attraction in romantic relationships
  • Filter theory
  • Virtual relationships
  • Parasocial relationships
  • Neural mechanisms and the limbic system
  • Hormonal mechanisms
  • Genetic factors and the MAOA gene
  • Twin studies and aggression
  • Ethological and evolutionary explanations
  • Social psychological explanations
  • Dispositional and situational explanations
  • Media influences
  • Classification of schizophrenia
  • Different types of schizophrenia
  • Biological explanations for schizophrenia
  • Psychological explanations for schizophrenia
  • Treatments for schizophrenia
  • Defining mental illness
  • Lab experiments
  • Field experiments
  • Natural experiments
  • Quasi experiments
  • Types of observation
  • Self-report techniques
  • Sampling
  • Experimental design
  • Ethical issues
  • The BPS Code of Ethics and Conduct
  • Peer review
  • Types of data
  • Distributions
  • Choice of statistical testing
  • Report writing
Now is the time to get yourself ready for the big day and do some exam preparation.
  • Awarding body: AQA
  • Our course code: X915W
  • Qualification code: 7182

The AQA qualifications are internationally recognised and taught in 30 countries around the world, highly valued by employers and universities and enable young people to progress to the next stage of their lives. AQA qualifications suit a range of abilities and include GCSEs, IGCSEs and A-levels.

Entry Requirements

It is strongly recommended that you have the following GCSE before starting an A-Level Psychology course: Biology (Grade B), Chemistry (Grade C), Maths (Grade C).  However, equivalent courses, such as a Double or Triple Science (Grade B), IGCEs, BTEC Science or O Levels will be accepted, too.

Why Distance Learning?

With online A-level study, you’ll sit the same exams and earn the same qualifications as you would in a traditional school setting, but with the flexibility to study when and where it suits you.
Your final results and transcript will be identical to those of students who studied in a classroom, ensuring your A-levels are fully recognised and respected by colleges, universities, and employers worldwide. Whether you’re looking to broaden your subject choices, balance study with other commitments, or take control of your learning, distance learning gives you the freedom to achieve your academic goals on your terms.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. There will be additional fees for your exams that are payable to the centre upon booking. Your personal tutor can provide more details.
Yes, there are set texts that will come free with the course as e-books: (1) AQA A-level Psychology Book 1, Jean-Marc Lawton and Eleanor Willard, Hodder Education 2015. (2) AQA A-level Psychology Book 2, Jean-Marc Lawton and Eleanor Willard, Hodder Education 2015Accordion Sample Description
Yes! You study the same curriculum, take the same examinations and get the same qualification. The only difference is that the course is specially designed to be studied from home in your own time
You will have access to your personal tutor, via email, who will mark your assignments and guide you through the course to help you get ready for your examinations. In addition, you will be supplied with a comprehensive Study Guide which will help you through the study and assessment process. Assignments are marked by your personal tutor within 5 days. Your personal tutor will be highly experienced in their subject area and qualified to teach.
You will need to pay separately for your final examinations. Additional texts may also need to be purchased to supplement your learning on the course.
That’s fine, this course can be studied anywhere and is completed by submitting Tutor marked assignments (TMAs).
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