psychology

is psychology hard at a levels what do u have to make sure in order to get a good grade?

is psychology hard at a levels what do u have to make sure in order to get a good grade?

Hi

The content in psychology isn't hard but there is allot to remember. For example on the WJEC exam board we need to learn 5 approaches to psychology; behaviorist, biological, psychodynamic, positive and cognitive. For each of the approaches there are 6 area's we cover which are assumptions, relationship formation, therapy, classical research, contemporary debate and evaluation of the approach. That's only for the first exam!

An example of the content you learn in the behaviorist approach:
1. Assumptions: We are born as a blank slate, behavior is explained through conditioning and animals and humans behave in similar ways.
2. Relationship formation - Conditioning e.g. associating a person with pleasant events.
3. Therapy - systematic desensitization. Fear is cured through counter conditioning. Then you need to evaluate the therapy.
4. classical research - Watson and Rayner - conditioning child to be afraid of a white rat.
5. contemporary debate - Is it right to use conditioning techniques on children? (home, school, special needs etc..)
6. strengths and weaknesses of the approach.

As you can see theirs allot to learn but once you've learnt it it's actually quite a nice subject in my opinion. Don't take it unless your interested!

Hope this helps