Psychology at the IGCSE AS Level
Practically speaking, the study of Psychology involves learning the following:
A student at the IGCSE AS level is being introduced to Psychology, and is therefore introduced to each of these components at a very basic level.
The means by which the student is introduced to these is through research studies. The student's task is to actively extract the following from these studies, which roughly correspond to the aforementioned components:
Since the AS level is the introductory one, students are obviously focused on the first step, understanding research. The study of theories, and their application is introduced only in bits and pieces, as they are a subject matter of the more advanced, A level.Once students understand research, they can easily critically evaluate research and prepare research designs.
The only key to successfully complete the AS level course, and glide through the A level, or any other advanced course in Psychology, is to understand concepts, and not rely on memory - no matter how credible the source providing ready answers. Given that the examinations are so structured that they test the practical knowledge of students, and not how much factual information they have taken in, the reason most students are performing poorly in this course today is their poor learning habits. These can be easily overcome with correct guidance.
A student at the IGCSE AS level is being introduced to Psychology, and is therefore introduced to each of these components at a very basic level.
The means by which the student is introduced to these is through research studies. The student's task is to actively extract the following from these studies, which roughly correspond to the aforementioned components:
Since the AS level is the introductory one, students are obviously focused on the first step, understanding research. The study of theories, and their application is introduced only in bits and pieces, as they are a subject matter of the more advanced, A level.Once students understand research, they can easily critically evaluate research and prepare research designs.
The only key to successfully complete the AS level course, and glide through the A level, or any other advanced course in Psychology, is to understand concepts, and not rely on memory - no matter how credible the source providing ready answers. Given that the examinations are so structured that they test the practical knowledge of students, and not how much factual information they have taken in, the reason most students are performing poorly in this course today is their poor learning habits. These can be easily overcome with correct guidance.
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