A level psychology edexcel specification

A Level Psycholo
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v Specification
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Psychology (9PS0)
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First teaching from September 2015
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First certification from 2017
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l Level 3Advanc
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in Psychology (9PS0)
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Specification


First certification 2017
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,Contents
Qualification at a glance
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AssessmentvObjectivesvandvweightings 4
Knowledge, skills and understanding
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Topicv1:vSocialvpsychology 6
Topicv2:vCognitivevpsychology 10
Topicv3:vBiologicalvpsychology 15
Topicv4:vLearningvtheories 19
Topicv5:vClinicalvpsychology 24
Topicv6:vCriminologicalvpsychology 29
Topicv7:vChildvpsychology 34
Topicv8:vHealthvpsychology 39
Topicv9:vPsychologicalvskills 43
Assessment 47
Assessmentvsummary 47
AssessmentvObjectivesvandvweightings 49
BreakdownvofvAssessmentvObjectives 50
Entryvandvassessmentvinformation 51
Studentventry 51
Discountvcodevandvperformancevtables 51
Accessvarrangements,vreasonablevadjustmentsvandvspecial
consideration 52
Malpractice 53
EqualityvActv2010vandvPearsonvequalityvpolicy 54
Synopticvassessment 54
Awardingvandvreporting 55
Languagevofvassessment 55
Other information
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Studentvrecruitment 57
Priorvlearningvandvothervrequirements 57
Progression 57
Appendix 1: Transferable skills
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Appendix 2: Level 3 Extended Project qualification
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Appendix 3: Mathematical skills
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Appendix 4: Formulae and statistical tables
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Appendix 5: Codes
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Appendix 6: Taxonomy (command words)
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ThevPearsonvEdexcelvLevelv3vAdvancedvGCEvinvPsychologyvisvstructuredvintovninevtop
icvareas.vTopicsv1–
4varevcompulsoryvandvfocusvonvthevareasvthatvhavevlaidvthevfoundationsvofvmodernvp
sychologicalvunderstanding.vTopicsv5–
8vfocusvonvhowvourvunderstandingvofvpsychologyvisvappliedvtoday.vTopicv5visvcompuls
ory.vOnevtopicvfromv6,v7vorv8vmustvbevstudied.vFinally,vTopicv9vsummarisesvthevpsych
ologicalvskillsvandvresearchvmethodsvcoveredvinvthevqualification.
Thisvqualificationvconsistsvofvthreevexternallyvexaminedvpapers.vStudent
svmustvcompletevallvassessmentvinvMay/Junevinvanyvsinglevyear.


Paperv1:vFoundationsvinvpsychology *Papervcode:v9PS0/01


● Externallyvassessed 35%vofvthevtot
● Availability:vMay/June alvqualification
● Firstvassessment:v2017
Overviewvofvcontent
● Topicv1:vSocialvpsychology
● Topicv2:vCognitivevpsychology
● Topicv3:vBiologicalvpsychology
● Topicv4:vLearningvtheories
Overviewvofvassessment
● Writtenvexamination.
● Studentsvmustvanswervallvquestionsvfromvfivevsections.
● SectionsvA–
Dvtotalv70vmarksvandvcomprisevmixedvquestionvtypes,vincludingvstimulusvandv
datavresponse,vshort-
answervandvextendedvresponsevquestionsvandvcovervthevtopicvareasvasvfollows
:
SectionvA:vSocialvpsychologyvSe
ctionvB:vCognitivevpsychologyvSe
ctionvC:vBiologicalvpsychologyvSe
ctionvD:vLearningvtheories
● SectionvE:vIssuesvandvdebatesvhasv20vmarksvandvcomprisesvtwovextendedvr
esponsevquestions,vcoveringvthevtopicvareavofvissuesvandvdebatesvinvpsych
ology.
● Thevassessmentvisv2vhoursvlong.
● Thevassessmentvconsistsvofv90vmarks.
● ThevformulaevandvstatisticalvtablesvgivenvinvAppendixv4:vFormulaevandvs
tatisticalvtablesvwillvalsovbevgivenvinvthevpaper.
● Calculatorsvmayvbevusedvinvthevexamination.
*SeevAppendixv5:vCodesvforvavdescriptionvofvthisvcodevandvallvothervcodesvrelevantvt
ovthisvqualification.




PearsonvEdexcelvLevelv3vAdvancedvGCEvinvPsychology 1
Specificationv–vIssuev2v–
vNovemberv2016v©vPearsonvEducationvLimitedv2016