Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Exam

ACE ID:

CAIE-0004

Organization's ID:

9990

Organization:

Cambridge Assessment International Education

Location:

International

Length:

3 hours

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

Level	Credits (SH)	Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate	3	psychology

Credit is recommended for examinees scoring "E" or higher

Description

Objective:

At the AS Level, the Psychology exam consists of two papers, comprised of short-answer, essay, scenario-based, or multiple-part design-based questions. Each paper is worth 60 score points, takes 1 hour and 30 minutes, and makes up 50 percent of the course grade. Both exams measure candidates' knowledge and understanding of psychological theories, vocabulary, methods and issues, as well as their ability to apply this knowledge to analyze and evaluate novel, real-world situations.

Skills Measured:

The AS level content includes approaches, issues and debates, and research methods. The approaches considered at the AS level are listed below, and each of these approaches is supported by three studies: Biological (Canli et al.: Brain Scans and Emotions; Dement and Kleitman: Sleep and Dreams; and Schachter and Singer: Two Factors in Emotion); Cognitive (Andrade: Doodling; Baron-Cohen et al. (Eyes Test; and Laney et al.: False Memory); Learning (Bandura et al.: Aggression; Saavedra and Silverman: Button Phobia; and Pepperberg: Parrot Learning); Social (Milgram: Obedience; Piliavin et al.: Subway Samaritans; and Yamamoto et al.: Chimpanzee Helping). The issues and debates considered at the AS Level are the application of psychology to everyday life; individual and situational explanations; nature versus nurture; the use of children in psychological research; and the use of animals in psychological research.

Instruction & Assessment