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-Applied psychology
Abnormal psychology
Biological psychology
Cognitive psychology
Comparative psychology
Developmental psychology
Personality psychology
Quantitative psychology
Social psychology
Clinical psychology
Counseling psychology
Educational psychology
Psychology and Law
Health psychology
Human factors psychology
Industrial and organizational psychology
School psychology
Abnormal psychology
Abnormal psychology is the study of
abnormal behavior in order to describe,
predict, explain, and change abnormal
patterns of functioning. Abnormal
psychology studies the nature of
psychopathology and its causes, and
this knowledge is applied in clinical
psychology to treating patients with
psychological disorders.
※Psychopathology
Psychopathology is a term
which refers to either the
study of mental illness or
mental distress, or the
manifestation of behaviors
and experiences which may
be indicative of mental
illness or psychological
impairment.
Biological psychology
Biological psychology is the
scientific study of the biological
bases of behavior and mental states.
Because all behavior is controlled
by the central nervous system, it is
sensible to study how the brain
functions in order to understand
behavior. This is the approach taken
in behavioral neuroscience,
cognitive neuroscience, and
neuropsychology.
Cognitive psychology
The nature of thought is another
core interest in psychology.
Cognitive psychology studies
cognition, the mental processes
underlying behavior. It uses
information processing as a
framework for understanding the
mind. Perception, learning,
problem solving, memory,
attention, language and emotion
are all well researched areas.
Comparative psychology
Comparative psychology refers to the
study of the behavior and mental life of
animals other than human beings.
Development psychology
Mainly focusing on the
development of the human mind
through the life span,
developmental psychology seek s
to understand how people come to
perceive, understand, and act
within the world and how these
processes change as they age.
Personality psychology
Personality psychology studies
enduring psychological
patterns of behavior, thought
and emotion, commonly called
an individual's personality.
extraversion— introversion
neuroticism—emotional
stability
psychoticism.
Quantitative psychology
Quantitative psychology
involves the application of
statistical analysis to
psychological research, and the
development of novel statistical
approaches for measuring and
explaining human behavior. And
it is loosely comprised of the
subfields psychometrics and
mathematical psychology.
Social psychology
Social psychology is
the study of the
nature and causes of
human social
behavior, with an
emphasis on how
people think towards
each other and how
they relate to each
other.
Clinical psychology