Psychology. Explore the human mind.

Would you like to understand why and how people think, feel and behave the way they do? In this course, we will explain the nature of psychology as a scientific discipline and how it can answer this question, so that psychological knowledge can be applied to everyday life. Topics covered will include the history of psychology, personality theories, learning, child development and intelligence, psychobiology, abnormal psychology and social psychology.

Outcomes

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• describe the major trends in psychology
• define the key issues in psychology
• evaluate human behaviour from different theoretical perspectives