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Is the study of behavior and

the mind. There are different
What is
Psychology? types of psychology, such as
cognitive, forensic, social, and
developmental psychology. A
person with a condition that
affects their mental health
may benefit from assessment
and treatment with a
psychologist.
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Psychology today covers enormous range of
scope or fields.

They can be broadly classified into two

groups.
Basic psychology
Applied psychology
 BASIC
• It is aimed at contributing to knowledge of
behavior. College,universities,laboratory and departments
are the main employment settings of the basic Psychology.
Basic psychology has the following subfields:
Developmental psychology
Social psychology
Physiological psychology
Cognitive psychology
Personality psychology
 BASIC
Developmental Psychology
It studies the human
development,physical,
emotional,social,Moral
emotional and personality development across
the life span

Primarily focus on the child development

 BASIC
Social Psychology

It deals with interpersonal

behavior and the role of social
forces in governing behavior

Focuses on attitude formation,attitude formation,attitude

change,prejudice,leadership,conformity,attraction,aggresi
on,intimate relationships and behavior in group
 BASIC
Physiological Psychology

Examines the influence of

genetic factors on behaviors.

Also deals with the brain,nervous

system,endocrine system and bodily chemicals like
the nuerotransmitters in the regulation of behavior.
 BASIC
Cognitive Psychology

Focuses on higher mental

process such as memory,
thinking ,reasoning ,information processsing,
language ,problem solving, decision making,
creativity and artificial Intelligence
 BASIC
Personality Psychology

Describes and explains the individual consistency

in behavior which represents their personality

The area of interest is also concerned with the

factors that determine personality and personality
assessment
 APPLIED
Applied pyschology uses the various fields of basic psychology
to improve the quality of life of the human being in various
fields like school,industry,hospital,consultancy and community

Applied psychology following subfields

Counseling pyschology
Educational psychology
Health psychology
Environmental psychology
Psychology of woman
 APPLIED
Counseling psychology

It works with a somewhat

different clients,Providing
assistance to people struggling with everyday
problem of moderate severity. Thus they often
engange in family , marital and career
counseling
 APPLIED
Educational psychology

Mainly devoted to an
understanding of the different
aspects of the teaching-learning process.

Concerned with the application of principles,techniques and

methods of psychology to the teaching-learning process.
 APPLIED
Health psychology

It has the interest in

relationship between stress and illness

Field that studies the role of psychological

factors in the promotion of health and the
prevention of illness
 APPLIED
Environmetal psychology

Works in school,industrial and governmental

settings

They design work environment and study the

effects of crowding,noise and air pollution on
behavior
 APPLIED
Women psychology

Discusses the psychological factors relating to

women’s behavior and development

Tries to explain various issues like discrimination

against women,structural differences between men
and women, the effect of hormones on
behavior,causes of violence against women and so on
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