Year 10 Curriculum Information Booklet 2017-2018
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Psychology<br />
Unit 1 – Memory<br />
Students will study:<br />
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Processes of memory<br />
Structures of memory<br />
Memory as an active process<br />
Unit 2 – Perception and Development Sensation and perception<br />
Visual cues and constancies<br />
Visual Illusions<br />
Factors affecting perception<br />
Early brain development<br />
Piaget<br />
Learning and development<br />
Unit 3 – Research Methods Hypotheses<br />
Variables<br />
Sampling methodology<br />
Designing research<br />
Correlation<br />
Procedures<br />
Ethical considerations<br />
Unit 4 – The Use of Data Qualitative and Quantitative data<br />
Primary and Secondary data<br />
Computation<br />
Statistics<br />
Normal distributions<br />
Unit 5 – Social Influence and<br />
Communication<br />
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Conformity<br />
Obedience<br />
Prosocial behaviour<br />
Collective behaviour<br />
Language and thought<br />
Human and animal<br />
communication<br />
Non-verbal<br />
communication<br />
Unit 6 – Brain and Neuropsychology Structures of the nervous system<br />
Neuron structure and function<br />
Structure and function of the brain<br />
Neuropsychology<br />
Mental Health
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