Abbey DLD Group of Colleges | London

Psychology A-level

Psychology is the science of mind and behaviour, an exciting research-based discipline with many applications in the real world. At Abbey College students often take psychology in combination with biology and chemistry or with economics and maths. Classified as a science, it can be used by students planning to study medicine, dentistry and pharmacy at university or, alternatively, economics, business management and law. Abbey students have gone on to study psychology at University College London, Warwick and Sussex. The College follows the AQA A Level Psychology (A) specification.

In the first year the course includes biological, cognitive, developmental, social and abnormal psychology. In the second year topics include intelligence, the development of children’s thinking, sex and gender, psychopathology and addiction. Throughout the two years of the course, associated research methods and statistics are studied. Good English and mathematical skills are useful so that students can communicate effectively and handle the research methods and statistics. To help students make sense of what may be a new subject to them, detailed class notes enable them to check their understanding of what they have learnt.