Psychology is the scientific study of human behaviour and mental
processes. For example, psychology is concerned with the way we
behave as individuals as well as in groups; it is concerned with
the way we act as well as the way we think; and it is concerned
with our interaction with the physical world as well as our
interaction with others. Psychology is both a profession and a
science. That is, psychological phenomena are investigated using
the scientific method; and the outcomes of these investigations
are applied to diverse professional settings (eg. treatment of
mental illness, job selection, health promotion, education
policy, etc.). You will take 2 junior psychology units which are
compulsory for a psychology major, one in each semester. Both
units are an introduction to the various sub-disciplines in
psychology, such as personality theory, neuroscience, basic
statistics and measurement, social psychology, applied
psychology, abnormal psychology, cognitive processes, human
development, learning and moti