Psychology

Course summary

Most people when they hear the word ‘psychology’ think of mental disorders and crazy abnormal behaviour. BUT – psychologists are not just interested in such behavioural extremes; many are interested in investigating very ordinary, everyday behaviour such as memory, aggression, thinking, obeying others and sleeping, to name just a few research areas. So, psychology is ‘the scientific study of human behaviour and experience’. It aims to describe and explain behaviour which, in turn, allows us to predict and modify behaviour. It is a FANTASTIC subject, because it is about you, me and everyone around us and it tries to explain why we do the things we do!