New GCEs for 2008
GCE Psychology B (2185)
AS outline
At AS, candidates will develop a broad knowledge and understanding of the core topics of modern psychology; social, cognitive, developmental, biological and individual differences. The topic areas have been chosen because of their accessibility and popularity in previous specifications.
The AS specification has 2 units:
Unit 1: Introducing Psychology
Topic list
- Key approaches in psychology, biopsychology, physiological psychology, the genetic basis of behaviour
- Gender development, concepts and explaining gender development
- Research methods, planning research, experimental and non-experimental methods, representing data and descriptive statistics, ethics.
Assessment
| Written Paper: | 1 hour 30 minutes |
| Weighting: | 50% of total AS / 25% of total A Level marks |
Candidates answer three compulsory questions, one on each section. The paper will comprise mainly short answer questions with some extended writing in Section A and Section B. Each question will be worth 20 marks.
Unit 2: Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology and Individual Differences
Topic list
- Social influence or social cognition
- Cognitive psychology: remembering and forgetting or perceptual processes
- Individual differences: anxiety disorders or autism.
Assessment
| Written Paper: | 1 hour 30 minutes |
| Weighting: | 50% of total AS / 25% of total A Level marks |
Candidates answer one question (from a choice of two) from each section. The paper will comprise mainly short answer questions with some extended writing.
Each question will be worth 20 marks.