Psychology

Psychology is an extraordinarily diverse discipline. The study of it will stimulate and challenge the way students think about themselves and their beliefs and behaviour, as well as those around them, and societies in general. Through analyses of the different disciplines within psychology students will learn to question everything they read, see, and hear, and should develop skills of analysis and criticism through learning in detail a wide range of material that they will then be able to apply in critical discussion.

Psychology is the study of people. How they think, how they act, react and interact. It is concerned with all aspects of behaviour and thoughts, feelings and the motivation underlying such behaviour.

The study of people has a long history, with early observers basing their analysis of human nature on everyday experience. In contrast, modern psychology is ‘the science of human behaviour and experience’, and to study psychology one has to use scientific methods involving observation, measurement, hypothesis testing, logical inference, and the use of statistics to test the statistical significance of research findings.

Psychologists today do not merely explain people’s behaviour, they use their understanding to help people with difficulties and bring about change for the better. They have a most valuable contribution to make to all areas of life and to society as a whole. I hope to inspire the students I teach and make them excited by their quest for knowledge and developing understanding of the subject at every level, whether AS level A level or beyond.

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