Psychology

In Year 10  Psychology students explore the basis of human behaviour and the techniques and research methods used to draw legitimate conclusions about the ways people act and interact.

Content/Skills

Areas of study include: what is psychology and ethical considerations, emotions and expectations, eyewitness testimonies and reconstructive memory, criminal profiling, positive psychology and the power of advertisement.

The skills you will learn are: empirical writing, observation, discussion, experimenting and designing investigations.

Links to further study

This subject is sound preparation for VCE Psychology and other VCE Science subjects.

Selection advice

These topics would be of interest and helpful in a range of future careers. Students need to study a minimum of one Science subject in Year 10.