Welcome and priorities from the Head
DEPARTMENTDepartment of Psychology
Meet the Department
Faculty of Education and Human Development
Department of Psychology
How people think, feel and learn — and what that means for children, families and schools.
Study with the Department
Inside the Department
Find your area of practice
Area of practice
Child Development
Child Development
How thinking, language and relationships grow from birth to adolescence.
Area of practice
Learning and Cognition
Learning and Cognition
How memory, attention and motivation shape what people learn.
Area of practice
Wellbeing and Mental Health
Wellbeing and Mental Health
Understanding stress, resilience and support in school life.
Area of practice
Research Methods
Research Methods
Designing studies, reading evidence and making sense of data.
Message from the Head
Psychology asks how people think, feel and learn. The Department teaches the science carefully and keeps it close to the questions that parents, teachers and children ask.
“We teach students to ask good questions before they look for answers.”
Head of DepartmentDepartment of Psychology
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The Department in numbers
4areas of practice, each with its own teaching and research
4levels of study, from undergraduate degrees to professional development
5departments in the Faculty, together on the Tai Po campus
3languages on this website: English, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese
Study with the Department
Sub-degree to doctoral study, full-time and part-time. Each level adds depth in the science of how people think, feel and learn.
Professional development
Short courses for teachers, counsellors and carers
From the Department
Psychology students present research posters
Psychology seminar series announced
What's on this term
Open Day — Department of Psychology
Tai Po campus · drop-in
Seminar Series — How Children Learn to Read
Tai Po campus
Student Research Poster Day
Tai Po campus
Public Lecture — Stress, Sleep and School
Tai Po campus · registration opens in January
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Psychology in plain words
What a research study looks like from the inside
Panopto
Who we work with
School psychology and guidance
Professional body
Research and placement schools
Counselling and family support
