Psychology has got very valuable place in the modern age. Psychology studies human behavior and human mental process. It also reveals psychological, mental, emotional, changes those have occurred in human development and cognitive process like sensation, perception, learning, memory, forgetting, motivation, emotion, intelligence, thinking process.

The Knowledge of psychology is used in social, educational, industrial, clinical, counseling, sports, military, crime, psycho diagnostics and personality development. Near about 40 branches are working right now.

The nature of modern psychology has changed in many ways. The new concepts, theories and approaches have emerged in psychology with a view to make students more conscious, scientific, active, responsive and responsible. Psychology Department of Gopal Krishna Gokhale College offers Psychology as optional subject at undergraduate level.