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 […]
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The effect of genetic and environmental factors on mental illness
Congratulations to Lorcan, who achieved an excellence award in the final Global round of the 2024 Minds Underground Psychology Olympiad competition with this essay on genetic and environment contributions to mental illness… Although genetic factors can sometimes play a role in the development of mental illness, environmental factors are by far the most important. […]
12 Observation Studies Summaries
In the A level Psychology course, we have a few oppurtunities to conduct our own psychological studies. One of these oppurtunities was the year 12 students planning, carrying out and writing up our own observations in the school, on any topic that we wanted to. This was incredibly fun – and at some times very […]