CIE AS and A Level (9990)

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Our online resources will support the course content for both AS level and A level following the Cambridge International Examinations specification. 

At AS level students sit two exams both worth 50% of the grade (60 marks each); Approaches, Issues and Debates; and Research Methods. 

To qualify for A Level students sit two additional papers based on two out of four options; Specialist Options in Approaches, Issues and Debates and Specialist Options in Application and Research Methods (60 marks each).

For CIE AS and A Level Psychology, students: 

(i) take Papers 1 and 2 only (for the CIE AS Level qualification) 

or 

(ii) follow a staged assessment route by taking Papers 1 and 2 (for CIE AS Level  qualification) in one examination series, then Papers 3 and 4 (for the CIE A Level  qualification) in a later examination series 

or 

(iii) take Papers 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the same examination series, leading to the full CIE  A Level. 

At AS level students will study 12 core studies across four different areas of Psychology, including Research Methods.

At A Level students will study two out of four specialist options.  The specialist options build on the work from AS and explore how Psychology can be applied in a range of contexts. 

Both include issues and debates. 

• Dement and Kleitman (sleep and dreams) 
• Hassett et al (monkey toy preference)
• Holzel et al (mindfulness and brain scans)

• Andrade (doodling) 
• Baron-Cohen et al (eyes test) 
• Pozzulo et al (line-ups)

• Bandura et al (aggression) 
• Fagen et al (elephant learning)
• Saavedra and Silverman (button phobia)

• Milgram (obedience)
• Perry et al (personal space)
• Piliavin et al (subway Samaritans)

The specialist options build on the work for AS and explore how Psychology can be applied in a range of  contexts. Students are required to study how Psychology is applied in two of the following four areas:  Clinical Psychology, Consumer Behaviour, Health Psychology and Organisational Psychology.