Experimental Psychology

Psychology has been defined as the science of mental life and its scope includes a wide variety of issues. It addresses such questions as: how do we perceive colours? How do children acquire language? What predisposes two people to get on with each other? What causes schizophrenia?

Psychology at Oxford is a scientific discipline, involving the rigorous formulation and testing of ideas. It works through experiments and systematic observation rather than introspection.

Psychology at Wadham

Psychology students at Wadham are taught by a wide range of tutors in the Department of Experimental Psychology, which is a short 15 minute walk away from the college. Wadham's tutorial fellow, Professor Bernhard Staresina, is Director of a specialist lab where he leads research focused on understanding the neural and cognitive mechanisms that support learning and memory in humans (www.staresinalab.com).

The British Psychological Society sets out requirements for psychology courses to allow students to go on to do further graduate training in clinical, educational, occupational and forensic psychology, which our course subscribes to.