W1D1 Lead-In: Introduction to Psychology

8. The compulsory Unit 3 topic exploring how thinking and behaviour change during childhood.
9. Unit 4 examines mental health, including diagnosis, explanations and treatments.
12. This assessment objective rewards applying psychological knowledge and understanding to familiar and unfamiliar contexts.
14. The Unit 4 area bringing together research methods, key questions, issues and debates.
17. This assessment objective rewards accurate knowledge and understanding of psychological ideas, processes and procedures.
18. The total number of examined units in the complete International A Level course.
19. Unit 2 investigates how the brain, nervous system and biology influence behaviour.
20. Unit 2 examines how behaviour is acquired through experience and observation.
21. This type of response requires a developed and well-organised argument.

1. This describes the choice between criminological psychology and health psychology in Unit 3.
2. The systematic investigation psychologists use to produce evidence about behaviour.
3. An optional Unit 3 topic asking why people commit crimes and how offending might be reduced.
4. The examination time allowed for Unit 2 and Unit 4.
5. All four units are assessed using written _____.
6. The examination time allowed for Unit 1 and Unit 3.
7. This assessment objective rewards analysing and evaluating psychological information to make judgements and draw conclusions.
10. This type of question requires students to connect ideas from different parts of the course.
11. An optional Unit 3 topic exploring how psychology can explain and improve health-related behaviour.
13. Unit 1 explores mental processes such as memory and forgetting.
15. Unit 1 explores why people conform, obey and behave differently around others.
16. This command word asks students to consider strengths, weaknesses and evidence before reaching a judgement.