PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY
This fascinating subject covers social psychology, neuroscience, mental disorders, human development, and our thinking and decision making.
Psychology is the study of behaviour, the brain and mental processes. Its purpose is to understand, predict and sometimes even manipulate behaviour. Psychology is a rich and diverse field of study with many different perspectives. The core of the course explores behaviour from biological, cognitive and sociocultural approaches, and attempts to integrate these to produce a holistic understanding of human behaviour. Some of the core topics include: localising brain functions using brain imaging technologies, comparing models of human memory, and why people often conform to the behaviour of the group they belong to against their own judgement.
24 THE IB AT SEVENOAKS | GROUP THREE