A-level心理學是圍繞這一科目的六大核心領域展開的——社會心理學、 認知心理學、發(fā)展心理學、精神病理學、生物心理學、研究方法。
考法有簡答題、論述題、情景題和實驗設計題等等，沒有選擇題或填空題。
ALEVEL心理課程考綱更新，復習方向更明確
【ALEVEL第1年】
研究方法部分最主要的變化是去掉了Natural Experiment，增加了Longitudinal Studies，學習難度沒有太大變化。
In the research methodology section we have reviewed the content for clarity. The main changes are:
removal of natural experiments
addition of longitudinal studies
revision of the ethics in animal studies to reflect the new core studies
reorganisation of data analysis.
剩下4個章節(jié)中，新考綱換掉了幾項Core Studies，影響不是很大，具體變化可以看這張表格▼
-改版前-
Biological
Canli et al(brain scans andemotions)
.Dement and Kleitman (sleep and dreams
.Schachter and Singer(two factors in emotion)
Cognitive
Andrade(doodling)
.Baron-Cohen et al(eyes test).Laney et al.(false memory)
Learning
Bandura et al.(aggression)
Saavedra and Silverman(button phobia Pepperberg (parrot learning)
Social
Milgram(obedience)
Piliavin et al.(subway Samaritans
Yamamoto et al.(chimpanzeehelping
-ALEVEL心理課程考綱改版后-
Biological
. Dement and Kleitman(sleep and dreams)· Hassett et al(monkey toy preferences
Hölzel et al.(mindfulness and brain scans)
Cognitive
Andrade(doodling)
. Baron-Cohen et al.(eyes test)
Pozzulo et al.(line-ups)
Learning
Bandura et al.(aggression)
Fagen et al.(elephant learning)
Saavedra and Silverman(button phobia)
Social
。Milgram(obedience)
.Perry et al.(personal space)
Piliavin et al.(subway Samaritans)
【ALEVEL第2年】
Issues and Debates出現(xiàn)了新知識點idiographic VS nomothetic。改版后Abnormal Psychology換名為Clinical Psychology，其他沒有變化。
新考綱對每個Option需要掌握的Key Studies做出明確劃分，要求也更清晰，這個改動對學生的學習是有幫助的，學生能更清楚地知道哪些Studies需要了解細節(jié)，哪些不需要，目標也更加明確了。
For each of the key studiescandidates should show knowledge and understanding of
the context of the study and relationship to other studies the main theories/explanationsincluded in the study. the aim(s)andhypotheses of the study [if stated
the design of the study,including all methodology as appropriatsuch as the research method(s) used
sample size and demographics [if known]and sampling technique [if known]procedure,technique for data collection
. the resultsfindings and conclusions of the study the main discussion points of the study
For each key study candidates should be able to:
describe and evaluate research methods used in and methodological concepts included in the study (for AS and A Level)
describe and evaluate the psychological issues and debates(for AS and ALevel)included in the study
