Psychology

Welcome to the Psychology Department

Our Department Vision

Our vision is to develop competence and confidence in critical thinking skills to facilitate students ability to analyse, interpret and evaluate the world in order to develop a psychological mind.

Aim of course

The aim of this course is to develop essential knowledge and understanding of core concepts within Psychology and how they relate to each other, to facilitate the scientific understanding of the human mind and behaviour in order to recognise why individuals think, feel, and act the way they do. The course focuses on how Psychology is used in the real world by uncovering existing research and considering the development of new research, to assess how society makes decisions about scientific issues and how the sciences contribute to the success of the economy, society and the quality of lives. The course enhances competence and confidence in critical thinking skills so students can challenge common sense, personal opinions and apply knowledge to new theoretical or practical contexts. Such skills are used to ensure a deep appreciation of the scientific methods used with Psychology whilst facilitating students’ ability to analyse, interpret and evaluate scientific information, theories and evidence.

The Curriculum Leader may be contacted via email enquiries@copthall.barnet.sch.uk

Curriculum

6th Form Course Guide Psychology

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Extra-Curricular

A university prep-programme where students choose one of three pathways below to develop the skills needed to be successful in Psychology and/or higher education

Read and review a journal article
Create and conduct your own research which will be supervised by a member of staff
Revise a topic and create a presentation to share in our KS4 Psychology club

Careers & Employment

Where can Psychology take you?

Skills progression

Students will develop a range of transferable skills as they apply their psychological knowledge to the real world.

Analysis and interpretation
Evaluation
Critical thinking
Data analysis including reading and interpreting graphs and statistics

Education & Career Progression

Psychology is useful for any career or degree that involves interacting with or trying to understand human behaviour, for example:

Business
Teaching
Research

However, you can also choose to specialise as a psychologist in a range of areas like the examples below

Sports psychologist - giving athletes the mental strength and skills to succeed.

Clinical psychologist - helping people with mental health disorders like depression, anxiety and anorexia.

Occupational psychologist - Using psychology to increase the job performance of people and teams.

Educational psychologist - helping young people to overcome problems that affect their learning and school life.

Forensic psychologist - using psychological methods to help with crime solving or assess and treat criminal behaviour.

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