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Psychology: Branches & Fields of Psychology

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Forensic Psychology

Forensic Psychology

A subfield of psychology, involves the application of psychological knowledge and methods to both civil and criminal legal questions

Developmental Psychology

Developmental Psychology 

A scientific approach which aims to explain growth, change and consistency though the lifespan

Industrial/Organization Psychology

Industrial-organizational Psychology

solve workplace problems through research and application of psychological principles

Sport Psychology

Sport Psychology

An interdisciplinary science that draws on knowledge from many related fields including biomechanics, physiology, kinesiology and psychology. It involves the study of how psychological factors affect performance and how participation in sport and exercise affect psychological and physical factors.

Biological psychology

Biological Psychology

Also known as Behavioral neuroscience, biopsychology, or psychobiology, is the application of the principles of biology to the study of physiological, genetic, and developmental mechanisms of behavior in humans and other animals

Health Psychology

Health Psychology

Health psychology examines how biological, social and psychological factors influence health and illness. Health psychologists use psychological science to promote health, prevent illness and improve health care systems. Also called behavioral medicine or medical psychology.

Environmental Psychologists

Environmental Psychology

Studies in the ways in which people and the environment influence one another

Branches of Psychology

Branches & Fields of Psychology

Educational Psychology

Educational Psychology 

The branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of human learning.

Behavioral Psychology

Behavioral Psychology

The study of the connection between our minds and our behavior.

Military Psychology

Military Psychology 

The research, design, and application of psychological theories and empirical data towards understanding, predicting, and countering behaviors in friendly and enemy forces, or in civilian populations

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Evolutionary Psychology

Evolutionary psychology

Looks at how human behavior, for example language, has been affected by psychological adjustments during evolution.

Neuropsychology

Neuropsychology

A specialty field within clinical psychology that looks at the structure and function of the brain in relation to behaviors and psychological processes. 

School Psychology

School Psychology

A field that applies principles of educational psychology, developmental psychology, clinical psychology, community psychology, and applied behavior analysis to meet children's and adolescents' behavioral health and learning needs in a collaborative manner with educators and parents.

Cognitive Psychology

Cognitive Psychology

The scientific study of mental processes such as "attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and thinking".

Abnormal Psychology

Abnormal Psychology

The branch of psychology that studies unusual patterns of behavior, emotion and thought, which may or may not be understood as precipitating a mental disorder.

Clinical Psychology

Clinical Psychology

An integration of science, theory, and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically-based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development.

Personality Psychology

Personality Psychology 

A branch of psychology that studies personality and its variation among individuals.

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Experimental Psychology

Experimental Psychology

Conduct investigations into basic psychological processes, such as attention, perception, memory, and reasoning.