Description
Topics
Geography
- Population: growth, distribution, age/sex structure, migration patterns
- Settlement: urbanisation, site/situation, land-use models, challenges of cities
- Hydrology: water cycle, rivers, flood management, drainage basins
- Atmosphere: energy balance, climate processes, rainfall, wind systems
- Rocks & weathering: plate tectonics, weathering, mass movement, landforms
History
- Depth studies (examples):
- European history (French Revolution, 1848 Revolutions, Unification of Germany/Italy)
- International history (American Civil War, Russian Revolution, World Wars)
- Regional options (depending on syllabus): African, South Asian, American, Middle Eastern history
- Historical methods: source evaluation, cause/effect, continuity/change, interpretations
Psychology (AS Level)
- Approaches: biological, cognitive, learning, sociocultural perspectives
- Biological psychology: brain structure, hormones, genetics, neuroscience methods
- Cognitive psychology: memory, perception, problem-solving, language
- Learning psychology: classical conditioning, operant conditioning, social learning theory
- Research methods: experimental design, reliability, validity, ethics, data analysis




