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GCSE (OCR) in Psychology at Archway
 
 

Course content: Includes topics that are key contemporary debates in society today.  For example:

  • Sex and Gender
  • How Memory works
  • The importance of secure attachments
  • Why do we have phobias?
  • Are criminals born or made?

 

Why study psychology?
 
  • To discover why people do the things they do – good or evil
  • Why people develop the way they do
  • To understand different cultures
  • To widen our imagination                          
  • To help solve problems in Society

 

Further Progression – Studying Psychology can lead to:
 

  • AS or A2 Psychology
  • Study skills such as managing stress, problem-solving, analysing, interpreting information, note-taking, exam techniques 
  • Could lead to a career in areas such as Criminal Investigation, Advertising, Education, Policy-making and many more

 Staff contacts: Linda Ostrowska and Anna-Maria Shelley (Head of Department)

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