The broad scope of psychology makes it both very interesting and very demanding. Certain aspects of psychology strongly emphasize a natural science approach using experimentation and statistics, while others emphasize a humanistic, intuitive approach. Both approaches are part of the domain of psychology. Psychology strives to describe, predict, understand, and control behaviour and mental processes. With the use of surveys, naturalistic observations, case studies, clinical studies, correlational studies and experiments, psychologists develop theories and investigate the nature of behaviour.
Psychology encompasses many different and unique fields of study.
Many of these areas are covered in courses at Douglas College. Psychology is an evolving and changing field. New research and ideas will change the way we view ourselves and each other. As a field, it continues to grow and develop each day with new subfields being created all the time. This dynamic nature is the very heart of psychology.