Lecture 1: What is Psychology?

• Objective: Understand the definition, goals, and importance of psychology.
• Psychology Focus: Introducing psychology as the scientific study of behaviour and mental processes.
• Project: "Psychology in My Life." Students write a short reflection explaining how psychology is relevant in their daily life.

Lecture 2: Key Branches of Psychology

• Objective: Learn the major areas of psychology (e.g., cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, social psychology, clinical psychology).
• Psychology Focus: Identifying different career paths and practical applications of psychology.
• Project: "Psychologist for a Day." Students create a small infographic about one branch of psychology and share one real-life example.

Lecture 3: The Human Brain Basics

• Objective: Understand how the brain connects to thoughts, emotions, and behaviour.
• Psychology Focus: Overview of brain parts (frontal lobe, amygdala, hippocampus) and their functions.
• Project: "Brain Map." Students label a simple brain diagram and write the role of each part in one sentence.

Lecture 4: Sensation and Perception

• Objective: Learn how we use our five senses and how the brain interprets them.
• Psychology Focus: Exploring illusions, perception vs. reality, and how senses shape experience.
• Project: "Illusion Explorer." Students analyze a visual illusion and explain how the brain is tricked.

Lecture 5: How We Learn

• Objective: Explore theories of learning (classical conditioning, operant conditioning, observational learning).
• Psychology Focus: Understanding reinforcement, rewards, and modelling behaviour.
• Project: "Learning Experiment." Students track their own habit (like reading, exercising, or drawing) for a week and note psychological effects.

Lecture 6: Memory and Motivation

• Objective: Understand how memory works (encoding, storage, retrieval), and what drives human motivation.
• Psychology Focus: Why we forget, how memory tricks work, and how goals motivate behaviour.
• Project: "Memory Challenge." Students try a memory-testing activity and share strategies that helped them recall better.

Lecture 7: Emotions and Personality

• Objective: Learn basics of emotions, personality traits, and how they influence behaviour.
• Psychology Focus: Personality models (Big Five Traits) and emotional intelligence.
• Project: "Personality Snapshot." Students take a simple personality quiz and reflect on what they learned.

Lecture 8: Social Psychology in Action

• Objective: Explore how people influence each other in groups.
• Psychology Focus: Concepts of conformity, prejudice, teamwork, and leadership.
• Project: "Influence Study." Students observe a group situation in real life (classroom, playground, or family) and note examples of social influence or teamwork.