FIELDS OF PSYCHOLOGY/BRANCHES OF MAJOR PSYCHOLOGY
Table of Content
- Criminal Psychology
- Environmental Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Experimental Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Counselling Psychology
- Community Psychology
- School Psychology
- Educational Psychology
- Industrial Psychology
- Organizational Psychology
- Forensic psychology
- Sports Psychology
- Personality Psychology
- Health Psychology
- Behavioral Psychology
- Cross-cultural Psychology
- Abnormal Psychology
- Child Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Comparative Psychology
- Cognitive Psychology
- Bio-psychology
- Neuropsychology
- Military Psychology
- Engineering Psychology
- Rehabilitation Psychology
- Consumer Psychology
- Political Psychology
- Trauma Psychology
- General Psychology
- Physiological Psychology
- Addiction Psychology
1.Criminal Psychology:-
Criminal
psychology referred to as criminological psychology that study
of the views, thoughts, intentions, actions and reactions of criminal and all who participate
in criminal behavior.
Criminal psychologists have many roles
within the court systems, these include being called up as witnesses in court
cases to help the jury understand the mind of the criminal.
2.
Environmental Psychology:-
It is the field of psychology. Environmental Psychologists share widespread interest in ecological problems such as smog, noice, water pollution and the overcrowding of the urban area.They seek to determine how these byproducts of our industrial society affect, not only our physical health but also our psychological well being. The aim of environmental psychology is to balance the need of an industrial society against the maintenance of an environment that preserves the balance of nature and enables humanity and other organisms to continue to thrive.
3.
Clinical
Psychology:-
It is the field of psychology. Clinical psychologists diagnose and treat people with psychological problems. Clinical psychologist use the different techniques called psychotherapy, treatment through discussing problems trying to get at the root of them and modifying attitudes, emotional responses and behavior. Clinical Psychologists have devised different psychotherapies (cognitive therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy).
4.
Experimental Psychology:-
Experimental psychology is the field of psychology. Experimental psychologist use an experimental strategy in their work and also they conduct basic research. The key aspects of behavior they study and sensation, perception, cognitive processes, learning, motivation and emotion. Experimental psychology applies to experiments with people or animals usually reaction to lights and sounds, the effects of hunger, sleep or thirst, span of memory, complexities of learning etc.
5.
Social
Psychology:-
Social psychology is the field of psychology. Social psychology deals with people`s social interactions, relationships, social perceptions and attitudes.
Social
psychologist help to design buildings, construct training and development
programs and conduct research on a wide variety of topics which including attitudes, the
effects of aggressive films, childhood socialization
and urban
riots.
6.
Counselling Psychology:-
It is the
most widely practiced specialization in psychology. Counseling psychologists
diagnose and treat people with psychological problems. They deal with people
who have less serious problems. For instance they may work with people,
advising them about personal problems and career planning. Some counselors
specialize in helping married couples overcome difficulties that are caused not
by deep seated personality problems but by poor communication or inability to
agree on financial or recreational priorities.
7.
Community Psychology:-
Community
psychologists are also concerned about prevention. They try to prevent mental
health problems by identifying high risk groups.
8.
School Psychology:-
Its concerned with children`s learning and adjustment in school. School psychologists test the children, make recommendations about educational placement, and work on educational planning teams. Its work as counselors to individual pupils besides they evaluate teaching methods, organization of the curriculum, and text books and educational films. These school psychologists rely heavily on principles of learning.
9.
Educational Psychology:-
Educational psychology is the field of psychology. Educational psychologists work at colleges and universities, teach classes, and do research on teaching and learning.
10.
Industrial Psychology:-
It involves personnel and human resource management. Those industrial psychologist, who work in business and manufacturing organization, have discovered many facts about worker fatigue, working hours, rest periods and employee morals. They help, select and train employee, sometimes with training devices they help people to learn specific skills. They also design equipment and machinery that are efficient and easy to operate because of their size strength and capabilities of the people who use them.
11.
Organizational Psychology:-
Organizational psychology is the field of psychology. Its centers on the work place, on the workers and on the organizations that employ them. It examines the social and group influences of the organization.
12.
Forensic psychology:-
Forensic psychology is the fields of psychology that applies psychological concepts to the legal system. Forensic psychologists are hired by legal teams to provide input about many aspects of a trial.
13.
Sports Psychology:-
In this field psychological principles are applied to improve sport, exercises, games and performance. It is a relatively new field, but it is rapidly gaining acceptance.
14.
Personality Psychology:-
It focuses on the relatively enduring traits and characteristics of individuals. Personality psychology study such as self concepts, aggression, moral development, gender roles, and inner or outer directedness.
15.
Health
Psychology:-
Health psychology is the field of psychology. It is a multidimensional approach to health that emphasis psychological factors, life styles and natures of health care delivery system. Health psychologists may work in physical or mental health areas provide clinical services.
16. Behavioral Psychology:-
Behavioral psychology is the field
of psychology that studies the
interactions our thoughts, emotions, perceptions and behaviors. It investigates
ways to modify problematic behavior and learn more positive and healthier ways
to behave.
17. Cross-Cultural Psychology:-
Cross-cultural psychology is a field of psychology that
looks at how cultural factors influence human behavior. Cross-cultural psychologists look at
how one generation to next generation influences our behaviors and thoughts,
including how we interact with from other cultures.
18. Abnormal Psychology:-
Abnormal psychology is a field of psychology that deals
with psychopathology, mental disability and abnormal behavior that cover
different disorders, from depression to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) to
personality disorders.
19.Child Psychology:-
It is the
field of psychology that studies all the phases from birth to last stage. Its
studies children`s physical, mental, social and
moral
development.
20. Developmental Psychology:-
It is
related with the how people become, who they are, from concepts of death.
Developmental psychologist focus on the biological and environmental
factors that contribute to human development. They describe behavior and mental
changing and try to understand their causes and effects through out the life
span.
21. Comparative Psychology:-
It is the field of psychology that concerned
with the study of animal behavior. The study of animal behavior can lead to a
deeper and broader understanding of human psychology. Comparative Psychologists
often contribute to this field, as do biologists, anthropologists, ecologists, geneticists, and many others.
22. Cognitive Psychology:-
Cognitive psychology is the branch of
psychology that focuses on internal mental states. This area of psychology is
focus on how people think, learn, and remember.
Cognitive Psychologists who work in this field
often study things such as perception, motivation, emotion, language, learning, memory, attention, decision making, and problem solving.
23. Bio-psychology:-
It is the field of psychology that focused on
how the brain, neurons, and nervous system affect thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. People who work in this field often study
how brain injuries and brain diseases impact human behavior.
Bio-psychology sometimes referred to as
physiological psychology, behavioral
neuroscience, or psychobiology.
24. Neuropsychology:-
Neuropsychology
is the field of psychology. It
is concerned with how a person's cognition and behavior are related to the
brain and the rest of the nervous system. Its focus on how injuries or
illnesses of the brain affect cognitive and behavioral functions.
25. Military Psychology:-
It is the
field of psychology. Military psychologists serve diverse functions in settings
including research activities, management, providing
mental health services, teaching, consulting, work with
congressional committees, and advising senior military commands.
26. Engineering Psychology:-
It is the field of psychology that
focuses on improving and
adapting technology, equipment, and work environments to
enhance human behavior and capabilities.
27. Rehabilitation Psychology:-
Rehabilitation Psychology is the field of psychology that focuses on the study about
the psychological
knowledge and skills on individuals with disabilities and chronic health conditions
in order to health and welfare, functional abilities, and social role participation, across the lifespan. Rehabilitation Psychologists
are trained and specialized to engage in the different activities including clinical practice, consultation, program development, research, training, and related to persons with disability and chronic health
conditions.
28. Consumer Psychology:-
Consumer psychology is the field of
psychology that studies how our thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and perceptions influence how we relate to
positive and goods services. Consumer psychologists investigate how the decision-making
process, social persuasion, and motivation influence.
29. Political Psychology:-
Political psychology is the field of
psychology. Its aims to understand interdependent relationships between
individuals and contexts that are influenced by beliefs, motivation, perception, cognition, information
processing, learning strategies, socialization
and attitude
formation. Political psychological approaches have been applied in many contexts such
as leadership
role, domestic and policy making behavior in ethnic violence, group dynamics
and conflict
voting attitudes and motivation, voting and the role of the media, nationalism. Political
psychologists study the foundations, dynamics, and outcomes of political
behavior using cognitive and social explanations.
30. Trauma Psychology:-
Trauma psychology is the field of
psychology that examines people,
who have experienced a trauma, in an effort to find ways to help
them better cope with what happened to them, or what they witnessed. The aim of
trauma psychology is to help individuals heal from their traumas, so that they
can move forward with their normal lives.
31. General Psychology:-
It is the field of psychology. It concerns itself with study of mind.
Cognition, perception, behavior and emotion are including general psychology. Its deals many different types of
people who have a problems. some people have issues with depression, anxiety
and stress. General psychologist can work in different fields.
32. Physiological Psychology:-
Physiological psychology is the field of
psychology that studies relating to the our body's response to a behavior or
activity in an organism. It concerns the brain cells, structures, components, and chemical interactions that are involved in order to produce actions. Psychologists
main focus their attention such as sleep, emotion, ingestion, senses, reproductive and
behavior etc.
33. Addiction Psychology:-
Addiction psychology is the field of psychology that study of substance use and other behaviors with addictive features. Use of alcohol, nicotine, other drugs, but also have been applied to gambling, eating, shopping, sexual behavior, these commonly include in addiction psychology.