Psychology and Child Psychology QLS Level 3

Psychology is a truly fascinating subject which investigates human behaviour at the levels of the individual and wider society. With this course you can specialise in a fascinating area of psychology, which is important for social development, childcare and education. All course materials will be delivered to you by post or email, so it couldn't be easier. Our experienced and friendly tutors will help you every step of the way by email. This bundle is approved by the ACCPH (Accredited Counsellors, Coaches, Psychotherapists and Hypnotherapists), at the end of this course students will be able to join and become a member of the ACCPH. The ACCPH is an independent self-regulated professional body for counsellors, psychotherapists and hypnotherapists. What next? There are several avenues you can go down once you have successfully completed this course. You could take a look at our other psychology courses, or you could further your education by studying a psychology degree at university. If you want to work in psychology using your Psychology and Child Psychology Level 3 qualification, here are just a few of the jobs you could explore (depending on your credentials):

• School psychologist
• Special education teacher
• Child life specialist
• Family therapist
• Social worker
• Recreation therapist

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Course Content

Child Psychology QLS Level 3

Unit 1 Defining child psychology

• How can we define childhood?
• Historical perspectives of childhood
• Emergence of psychology
• Psychoanalytical perspective
• Behaviourism
• Classical conditioning
• Changing behaviour
• The cognitive, physiological, scientific, humanistic and evolutionary approaches to psychology
• Research methods in psychology
• Child psychology tools

Unit 2 Forming relationships in childhood

• Attachment
• Nature/nurture debate
• Bowlby's theory
• Innate programming
• Different types of attachment
• Disruption of attachment
• The child's first relationship

Unit 3 Perception, cognition and language

• Understanding language
• Cognitive structure and input
• Plurals, syntax and grammar
• The relevance of language to child psychology
• Cognition
• Vision and cognitive development
• Hearing and cognitive development
• Perception
• Piaget
• Socialisation

Unit 4 Emotional, social, and moral development

• Social learning theory
• Cognitive priming
• Kohlberg's perspective
• Eisenberg's perspective
• Emotion and morality
• Temperament and emotional development

Unit 5 Children’s minds

• Memory and memory processes
• Short- and long-term memory
• Models of memory
• Prenatal memory and learning
• From memory to mental activity
• The organisation of children's minds
• How children view others in their world
• How does all this relate to child psychology?

Unit 6 Moving towards adulthood

• Adolescence
• Development
• Having a sense of gender
• Change

Psychology QLS Level 3

Unit 1 Defining psychology

• Introduction
• Psychology practice and approaches
• Behaviourism
• Classification of psychology

Unit 2 Research methods in psychology

• Qualitative or quantitative
• Ethical considerations
• Experimental and non-experimental methods
• Analysing and presenting data

Unit 3 Psychological abnormality

• The Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
• Schizophrenia
• Depression
• Personality disorders

Unit 4 Behaviour and experience

• The central nervous system
• Sensory processes
• Addictive behaviour
• Drug addiction
• Alcohol addiction
• Smoking addiction
• Motivation

Unit 5 Cognitive psychology

• Perception
• Attention
• Language acquisition
• Memory
• Development of the shelf

Unit 6 Social psychology

• Conformity
• Groups and group behaviour
• Altruism
• Pro-social and anti-social behaviour
• Aggression