Higher

Psychology · Higher

Individual behaviour, memory, research methods and social psychology.

The course

What Psychology is about

Psychology studies behaviour and the mind scientifically: research methods, memory, development, individual behaviour and social influence, with key studies to know and evaluate.

Where it leads

What it offers you

Research literacy and critical thinking for psychology, social science and health degrees, and for understanding people at work.

The archive

Papers & marking schemes

2022–2026

2026

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Question papers

Marking instructions

2025

2 files

Question papers

Marking instructions

2024

2 files

Question papers

Marking instructions

2023

2 files

Question papers

Marking instructions

2022

2 files

Question papers

Marking instructions

SQA publishes the most recent five years of papers. Older papers and specimen papers live on their site — open Psychology Higher on sqa.org.uk.

All Psychology levels