心理学（荣誉）理学士学位-包括选修年

在过去的20年中，经济学发展了关于人类行为的丰富文献。您同时学习心理学和经济学，开发分析决策和认知的并行方法。将心理学和经济学的见解相结合，可以提供有价值的知识，说明为什么人们并不总是表现出自己的最大利益。了解这一点以及行为经济学的框架可以帮助政策制定者创造环境，促使人们做出更明智的决策和更健康的生活。
Satisfy your curiosity by learning from innovative researchers at the cutting edge of psychological science. At Essex we take a multi-method approach, working beyond traditional boundaries to combine different expertise and share fascinating techniques and intriguing theories.<br>You study both psychology and economics, developing parallel methods of analysing decision making and cognition. Blending insights of psychology and economics provides valuable knowledge as to why individuals are not always behaving in their own best interests. Understanding this and the frameworks of behavioural economics can help policymakers create environments that nudge people towards making wiser decisions and healthier lives. Over the past 20 years, economics has developed a rich literature on human behaviour.<br>We provide one of the most immersive and exciting experiences of studying the human mind in the UK. Learn from our researchers and work together in the same space via our Research Experience Scheme (RES) which gives you the opportunity to work one-on-one with a psychologist as their researching assistant. Our SHOUTS scheme allows you to use your skills and creativity to make our department a better place and promote what we do beyond Essex, through social media, activities and events.