Psychology Advanced

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Psychology Advanced

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Are you fascinated by people? Curious about human nature? Then this is the course for you. It covers everything from social and cognitive psychology to child development, research methods and a-typical behaviour. This course is ideal for anyone considering further study in psychology or who has an interest in the field. Having insight into human behaviour is an invaluable skill useful in almost of all areas of life and business.

The aims of the course are to enhance students' knowledge of psychology theory and to develop a broad understanding of theories applied to practical aspects of social and cognitive psychology, child development and adaptive behaviour. The course also teaches research …

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Are you fascinated by people? Curious about human nature? Then this is the course for you. It covers everything from social and cognitive psychology to child development, research methods and a-typical behaviour. This course is ideal for anyone considering further study in psychology or who has an interest in the field. Having insight into human behaviour is an invaluable skill useful in almost of all areas of life and business.

The aims of the course are to enhance students' knowledge of psychology theory and to develop a broad understanding of theories applied to practical aspects of social and cognitive psychology, child development and adaptive behaviour. The course also teaches research methods and interpretation of research data.

At UK Open Learning we pride ourselves on our friendly and supportive tutors. Your tutor support will start as soon as you receive your course and will be valid for 12 months. All our tutors are highly qualified with extensive experience in supporting distance learning students. You contact your tutor via email and they are responsible for marking assignments answering your questions and guiding you through the course to ensure you are ready for your examinations.

Students must have completed an introductory course in a Psychology discipline before undertaking this programme

We recommend you spend approximately 110 hours of your time studying for the NCFE Level 4 Advanced Psychology Award. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 2 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but if you could spare 4 hours a week you could complete it in six months.

Unit 1 – Perspectives on Psychology. Unit 2 – Social Psychology. Unit 3 – Cognitive Psychology. Unit 4 – Child Development. Unit 5 – Psychology + Atypical Behaviour. Unit 6 – Research Methods.

This course is marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

NCFE is recognised as an awarding body by the qualification regulators ('regulators') for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The regulators are the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in England, the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) in Wales and the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland.

Students are assessed through a series of tutor marked assignments based on their application of the course content there is no final exam.  The assignments take the form of a series of structured questions. There is no word count for these assignments, however you have to prove to your tutor that you have fully understood the questions asked.

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