Psychology

Course summary

Psychology is the scientific study of the mind, brain and behaviour. It investigates a wide range of issues with real world applications including artificial intelligence, how drugs interact with chemicals in the brain to change behaviour, the reliability of eyewitness testimony, genocide and the link between genes, the environment and particular behaviours. Throughout the course you will learn how to both conduct and critically evaluate psychological research and will develop your knowledge and understanding of scientific processes and statistics. Psychology also places much emphasis on application as well as theoretical knowledge, so you will be expected to explain previously unconsidered scenarios in the examinations. Given the nature of assessment, studying psychology will also develop your literacy skills.