Neurologist Oliver Sacks states that “music has a unique power to express inner states or feelings”, through the processes of singing, playing or listening to music our wellbeing and quality of life can be improved massively due to the effects that music has on our brain. Music is a wonderful source of joy and comfort […]
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The A Level Psychology Course – Q and A
Here are a few questions we have answered that were asked by younger pupils about Psychology: What fields of psychology are there? Clinical psychology – this would involve diagnosing and treating mental health disorders Counselling psychology – this would involve helping people cope with challenges they face in their daily lives […]
What We’ve Learnt So Far
In the first term of year 12, we study two topics along side each other: Attachment and Social Influence. Here is an overview of what we have covered so far: ATTACHMENT: In A-Level psychology so far, we have covered the topic of Attachment. In this topic we learned about the importance of your early years, […]
What is Toxic Positivity?
Toxic positivity is the pressure from other people to be constantly positive while supressing any negative emotions. Saying things like ‘good vibes only’ or ‘be positive/stay positive’ while others are experiencing a hard time can do more harm than good and make people feel worse as well as lowering their self-esteem. Toxic positivity can cause […]
How does Dementia work?
Dementia is the general term for a decline in cognitive function, it’s not a specific disease but a syndrome which has various causations and symptoms. Dementia affects memory thinking, language judgement and behaviour, usually it’s chronic or progressive with it being more common in older people. In the UK around 944,000 are estimated to be […]
Three Identical Strangers – A Netflix Documentary
On Netflix, there is a fascinating documentary called ‘Three Identical Strangers’ following the story of triplets: Edward Galland, David Kellman and Robert Shafran, separated at birth as part of a study by Peter B. Neubauer and Viola W. Bernard. The study involved monitoring and testing the children through their childhoods to discover whether their behaviours […]
Body Clock: What Makes Us Tick?
How Light and Time Shape Our Health and Wellbeing: The documentary “Body Clock: What Makes Us Tick?” follows a former commando as he spends ten days in a nuclear bunker without being able to tell the time. Throughout the experiment, the importance of light for controlling our body clock is investigated, as well as the […]