WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY ?
PSYCHOLOGY IS A SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF THE MIND AND BEHAVIOUR.
THE WORD 'PSYCHOLOGY' COMES FROM THE
GREEK WORD 'PSYCHE, WHICH MEANS BREATH,SPIRIT AND SOUL AND THE WORD
'LOGIA' MEANS STUDY OF SOMETHING.
FIELDS OF PSYCHOLOGY
- Clinical psychology is an integration science, theory, and practice.
- Cognitive psychology investigates internal mental processes such as how people think, perceive and communicate.
- Developmental psychology is the study of how a person develops psychologically over the course of their life.
- Evolutionary psychology examines how psychological adjustments during evolution have affected human behavior.
- Forensic psychology is the application of psychology to the process of criminal investigation and the law.
- Health psychology observes how health can be influenced by behavior, biology and social context.
- Neuropsychology examines the how the brain functions in relation to different behaviors and psychological processes.
- Occupational
psychology investigates how people perform at work in order to develop
an understanding of how organizations function.
- Social
psychology is a study of how the behavior and thoughts of people are
influenced by the actual or implied presence of others.