Psychology

A selection of four of the topics listed below per year (2 per semester).

• Lifespan: how our thoughts, feelings and behaviours change throughout our lives
• Emotion & wellbeing: explore the three components of emotion to better understand feelings and behaviour, alongside examining wellbeing through mindfulness techniques and strategies for supporting others
• Forensic psychology: study of thoughts, intentions and emotions that contribute to criminal behaviour and understanding the legal system and eyewitness testimony.
• Cognitive psychology: how mental functions like attention, thinking, and language interact to help us make sense of the world (strong focus on memory and processes involved in memory).
• Neuropsychology: how the brain and nervous system influence perception, cognition, emotion, and behaviour, including the roles of neurons, brain structures, hormones, and neurotransmitters.

• Assessment Type 1: Investigations Folio
• Assessment Type 2: Skills and Application Tasks
• Assessment Type 3: Examination

To be successful in Stage 2 Psychology, students are recommended to have achieved:

• A minimum of a B- grade overall, and
• At least a C grade in the examination

in one or more semesters of Stage 1 Psychology, or another Year 11 science subject (excluding Scientific Studies ).