3 - Psychology HL

Course summary

Why study Psychology? Studying Psychology gives students insight into the processes at work in their everyday behaviour and can help them to understand the behaviour of those around them. Studying topics such as memory and forgetting allows students to have better command of their own ability to learn. Students tackle topics of significant importance in our modern society, such as disorders like Depression and Human Relationships. Psychology links to a variety of different professions and career pathways, including the study of Psychology itself, where the completion of a research project is a real strength of the IB course. Psychology also can be beneficial to a range of other fields, including, but not limited to; Anthropology, Law, Education, Marketing and health professions.