Psychology 11

Psychology 11 will be an exploration of minds and brains, behaviors and emotions, and how to understand the difference between labels and experiences. Through an exciting and dynamic engagement with popular culture, contemporary science and self-reflection, students will interrogate their own intuitions about psychological phenomena and test them against data from fun and engaging in-class experiments. Students can expect to leave Psychology 11 with a deeper and more sophisticated understanding of the mind and it’s place in our lives and the world. ?Sample topics will include facial recognition, memory, consciousness and the relationship between the mind and body.

Your Teacher – Chris Dzierzawa

Christopher grew up on the West Side of Vancouver where he attended both public and private elementary and high schools. He studied philosophy at UBC, Sanskrit and Indology at the University of Heidelberg, Clinical Counseling at VCCT, and Philosophy at the European Graduate School in Switzerland. Christopher teaches Psychology and English at BrainBoost and loves everything to do with the way the mind and body interact. ?Christopher combines his love for knowledge with practical theories that concern healing and self-understanding which he believes are essential having a happy relationship with learning. ?In his spare time, Christopher rides his bike in the North Shore Mountains, visits his family on the Gulf-islands and serves as a board member for the non-profit psychoanalytic association The Lacan Salon.