This year students have been introduced to many new and interesting areas in Introduction to Psychology such as the nature v nurture debate. In this area students were given the task of ‘building a brain’ to see how different genetic and environmental factors impact on a person’s development.  We then looked at some twin studies, where people that were separated at birth have many of the same characteristics and traits as their siblings although they have never met.  This led to many interesting and engaging classroom debates.

Currently students are finishing their unit on consciousness.  In this unit students have looked at the different states of consciousness and are now looking at dreaming and the impact that lack of sleep can have on our development.