NATURE. THOUGHT. BEHAVIOUR.
Why psychology at ULethbridge?
Psychology helps us understand what makes people tick — from how we think and feel to how we act and connect. At ULethbridge, you’ll study the relationship between mind and behaviour, exploring thought processes and behaviours in both humans and animals. Whether you’re just starting out or ready to take your learning further, you’ll find the support, opportunities, and connections to shape a path that fits you.
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Whether you're beginning with an undergraduate degree or pursuing a graduate program, the Department of Psychology at the University of Lethbridge offers flexible, research-focused pathways to match your goals. Learn from leading researchers, build critical skills, and gain the tools to better understand — and influence — the world around you.
Department Highlights
Like human singers, songbirds warm up their voices before a performance
If you’ve ever wondered why songbirds are seemingly much busier in the early morning hours, a new paper out of the University of Lethbridge explains the birds aren’t just singing their hearts out to welcome you to the day — rather, they’re warming their voices up for their important morning performance.
PhD student Juleyska Vazquez Cardona (MSc ’22), working with Dr. David Logue out of the Department of Psychology, says that birds warm up their voices just like human singers would before a performance. The phenomenon is known as the dawn chorus, where songbirds sing intensely during the early morning before tapering off as the morning progresses.
Proactive approach to student mental health at the heart of R.E.C. Room initiative
Unlocking the mystery - Dr. Paul Vasey’s new data analysis reveals insights into male homosexuality
A deeper analysis of a decade’s worth of data from Dr. Paul Vasey’s Comparative Sexology Lab at the University of Lethbridge has lent clarity about the influence of two separate but linked literatures on biological variables influencing male homosexuality.
Vasey, a Professor and Board of Governors Research Chair, and his team of former students (Drs. Doug VanderLaan, Scott Semenyna and Francisco Goméz Jiménez) wanted to determine if there was evidence for both the Fraternal Birth Order Effect (FBOE) and the Female Fecundity Effect (FFE) in data they collected over a decade while working in Samoa.