Complete Edexcel A-Level Psychology (9PS0) path covering the Paper 1 foundations (social, cognitive, biological and learning), the Paper 2 applications (clinical plus criminological, child and health), and the Paper 3 psychological skills (research methods, issues and debates), plus exam strategy.
A-Level Psychology — Social Psychology (Edexcel)
Edexcel A-Level Psychology (9PS0) Paper 1, Topic 1: obedience and Milgram's research, agency and social impact theory, conformity, resistance and minority influence, prejudice (realistic conflict and social identity theory), individual vs situational explanations, and the topic's classic study, contemporary study, key question and practical investigation.
A-Level Psychology — Cognitive Psychology (Edexcel)
Edexcel A-Level Psychology (9PS0) Paper 1, Topic 2: the multi-store and working memory models, reconstructive memory (Bartlett), Tulving's long-term memory, explanations for forgetting, individual and developmental differences in memory, and the topic's classic study (Baddeley), contemporary study, key question and practical investigation.
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A-Level Psychology — Biological Psychology (Edexcel)
Edexcel A-Level Psychology (9PS0) Paper 1, Topic 3: brain structure and function, neurons and synaptic transmission, recreational drugs and neurotransmission, hormones, genetics and evolution in aggression, Freud's psychodynamic explanation of aggression, brain-scanning techniques, and the topic's classic study (Raine), contemporary study, key question and practical investigation.
A-Level Psychology — Learning Theories (Edexcel)
Edexcel A-Level Psychology (9PS0) Paper 1, Topic 4: classical and operant conditioning, social learning theory, explaining and treating phobias (systematic desensitisation, flooding, aversion therapy), the learning theory of attachment, the ethics of animal experiments, and the topic's classic studies (Watson & Rayner; Bandura), contemporary study, key question and practical investigation.
A-Level Psychology — Clinical Psychology (Edexcel)
Edexcel A-Level Psychology (9PS0) Paper 2, Topic 5 (compulsory): the diagnosis and classification of mental disorders (DSM-5, ICD-11), reliability and validity of diagnosis, schizophrenia (symptoms, biological and psychological explanations, drug and psychological treatments), a second disorder (depression/OCD), and the topic's classic study (Rosenhan), contemporary study, key question and practical investigation.
A-Level Psychology — Criminological Psychology (Edexcel)
Edexcel A-Level Psychology (9PS0) Paper 2, Topic 6 (application option): defining and measuring crime, biological and social explanations of criminality, eyewitness testimony (Loftus & Palmer), the cognitive interview, offender profiling, jury decision-making, treatment and punishment of offenders, and the topic's contemporary study, key question and practical investigation.
A-Level Psychology — Child Psychology (Edexcel)
Edexcel A-Level Psychology (9PS0) Paper 2, Topic 7 (application option): caregiver-infant interactions, Bowlby's theory of attachment, types of attachment and the Strange Situation, cross-cultural attachment, deprivation and privation, institutionalisation, the effects of day care, autism (explanations and interventions), and the topic's contemporary study, key question and practical investigation.
A-Level Psychology — Health Psychology (Edexcel)
Edexcel A-Level Psychology (9PS0) Paper 2, Topic 8 (application option): substance misuse (dependence, tolerance, withdrawal), biological and learning explanations of addiction, drug and aversion therapies, anti-drug campaigns and persuasion, attitudes to health and behaviour change, and the topic's classic study, contemporary study, key question and practical investigation.
A-Level Psychology — Research Methods (Edexcel)
Edexcel A-Level Psychology (9PS0) Paper 3, Section A: experimental methods and design, sampling and variables, non-experimental methods, reliability and validity, ethics, quantitative data and descriptive statistics, inferential statistics and significance, choosing and using the Edexcel statistical tests (Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon, Spearman, chi-square, sign test), qualitative analysis, and report writing.
A-Level Psychology — Issues, Debates & Skills (Edexcel)
Edexcel A-Level Psychology (9PS0) Paper 3, Sections B and C: the nature-nurture debate, free will and determinism, reductionism and holism, gender and culture bias, ethics and social sensitivity, nomothetic and idiographic approaches, psychology as a science, comparison of approaches, reviewing and evaluating studies, and synoptic essay skills.
A-Level Psychology — Exam Strategy & Techniques (Edexcel)
Edexcel A-Level Psychology (9PS0) exam preparation: the three-paper structure and assessment objectives, extended essay technique for 8/12/20-mark questions, research methods and mathematical skills, and a specification map and revision checklist across all nine topics.