本課程旨在讓學生對心理學有一個概括的認識，並學習運用心理學的角度去瞭解人類豐富的心智歷程。課程將涵蓋下列主題 -- 心理學史、心理學研究法、行為的生理基礎、感覺與知覺、意識、學習與記憶、思考與語言、智力、人類認知發展、情緒與動機、人格理論、社會及組織心理學、心理疾病及治療、健康心理學等。本課程將特別著重在大腦結構與心理歷程的關聯性。授課方式以演講為主, 並透過隨堂討論及心理實驗的輔助，讓學生更能瞭解心理學在日常生活中所扮演的角色。

The main purpose of the course is to provide students a broad understanding of the foundations of Psychology. Students will learn to use the viewpoint of Psychology to understand human cognition and behavior. The course covers the following topics: history of psychology, research methods, biopsychology, sensation and perception, consciousness, learning and memory, thinking and language, intelligence, human cognition and development, emotion and motivation, theories of personality, social and organizational psychology and health psychology etc. The course will focus specially on the association between psychological processes and brain structures.