Excelling Psychology

(Please Note - I have diversified my work on Excelling Psychology into different blogs for better organization of content. I am continually working on the same, so these sites will be updated with more content soon. IGNOU Psychology learners may be interested in the following: Model answers for various blocks of sub-communities of courses: https://psychologymodelanswers.blogspot.com/2019/04/ignou-bpc-001-sample-answer-for.html Statistics for Psychology in very simple language: https://statisticsforpsychology.blogspot.com/ ) IGNOU provides a very flexible system to students who wish to pursue psychology in the form of a credit-based study system. For a student at the entry-level of Bachelors in Psychology, the system makes a provision for 16 credits, 4 credits each in the following courses: Seemingly vast at first glance, these complementary courses provide for a firm foundation that make the future course much simpler. IGNOU is one of the few universities which ex...

(*Please Note - I have diversified my work on Excelling Psychology into different blogs for better organization of content. I am continually working on the same, so these sites will be updated with more content soon. CIE IGCSE Psychology learners may be interested in the following: Model Answers on the following blog: https://psychologymodelanswers.blogspot.com References of studies for answer writing in a highly organized, detailed format: https://psychologyreferencesummaries.blogspot.com ) -------- Psychology at the IGCSE A Level has two explicitly stated broad objectives , that the student should be able to: The A level student has had a foundation in Psychology, through his or her successful completion of the AS level. The A level, is therefore, more advanced and shifts the students focus from a general overview of psychology to an introduction to specializations in Psychology. In this respect, the student is given four choices of specialization, out of...

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 understan...