Department of Psychology — The Department

Psychology is the science that studies behavior and mental processes. It is relatively young, compared to other scientific disciplines, and in recent years there has been tremendous expansion in many areas of psychological research. The Psychology Department at UMass Boston exposes students to a variety of methods of studying human beings and other animals. These methods focus on biological structures and mechanisms, psychological processes (feeling, perceiving, thinking, acting), personalities, and social relationships; and changes in these phenomena through development and learning.