This course explores how our thoughts, attitudes, emotions and perceptions influence how people make decisions when they buy. It provides an opportunity to gain a better scientific understanding of cognitive, affective and behavioural responses to products and services from a consumer perspective, including the influence of technological, economic, societal and environmental concerns.
 

Psychology is the study of human’s behaviour, performance, and mental operations. It also refers to the application of the knowledge, which can be used to understand social phenomenon, treat mental health problems, and improve education, employment, and relationships, etc. The subject lies at the intersection of applied, educational, and theoretical science.
 
The objectives of this short course are (1) to introduce participants to the field of psychology; (2) to describe how various psychological approaches contribute to our understanding of everyday life settings; and (3) to apply the knowledge from these studies to our own personal and professional lives.

Occupational Health Psychology, also known as OHP, is an interdisciplinary study in the field of psychology where much of the emphasis is placed on improving the safety and well-being of employees in the workplace through application of psychotherapeutic principles and behavioral change. OHP can help the employee address specific emotional or work-related wellness issues. The purpose of this short course is to provide participants with opportunities to become more aware of and to understand the concepts of occupational health psychology in the Hong Kong contexts.

This course provides basic theories and practice in counselling. Students will learn communication and interpersonal skills, ethical issues in counselling, developmental issues, basic counselling micro-skills, assessment and therapeutic approaches in counselling.

心理學是一門研究人類思想與行為的社會科學，研究範圍廣大，分支繁多，既是一門理論學科，也是一門應用學科。本課程旨在介紹心理學各範疇的理論，讓學員對心理學有初步入門認識。內容包括基本心理學概念、各重要門派理論、研究方法、認知發展、學習論、記憶與遺忘、生理與心理的關係、思想與語言發展等。

本課程將介紹一些心理學的理論和應用，讓學員對心理學有初步入門認識。內容包括知覺與感知性格發展和評估、情緒、動機、社會性行為、壓力及處理、和異常行為等。
 

*學員毋須先完成<心理學導論(一)>才報讀此課程。兩課程並沒有先後次序之分。

异常心理学乃心理学范畴内众多分支中重要的一环。随着科学化的研究及临床的体验，我们对异常行为有更深入的了解和认识，而『异常』的涵义也随文明的演进而改变。
 

组织心理学是一门强调以人为中心，协调组织/企业中的人际关系，改善组织/企业的环境和条件，从而实现组织/企业的目标，达到个人和组织共同发展的学科。本课程理论与实践并重，一方面会分享正规心理学的研究成果，另一方面会探讨如何将研究成果应用於组织/企业当中。参与者更有机会共同讨论和解决自身组织/企业所面对的相关问题。

現今社會充滿著不同的壓力，情緒很容易受到影響，抑鬱症也越來越普遍， 甚至會成為第二大殺手。因此，有效處理情緒是十分重要的。身心語言程式學（Neuro-Linguistic Programming）是一門很實用及日漸普及的學問，它融合了腦神經學，心理學及語言學等理論，被公認為一種極之有效而快捷的個人改進技巧。