Outline of psychology
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to psychology:
Psychology is the science[1] of behavior and mental processes.[2] Its immediate goal is to comprehend individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. Psychology is the study of people and the reasons for their behaviour. It has grown in popularity in the last few decades and is now an undergraduate course at many universities. There are a variety of psychology branches that people specialize in, as outlined below. [3][4]
Branches of psychology[edit]
Subdisciplines of psychology[edit]
List of psychology disciplines
Basic psychological science[edit]
- Abnormal psychology
- Applied psychology
- Asian psychology
- Behavioral genetics
- Biological psychology
- Black psychology
- Clinical neuropsychology
- Cognitive psychology
- Comparative psychology
- Conservation psychology
- Criminal psychology
- Critical psychology
- Cultural psychology
- Developmental psychology
- Differential psychology
- Evolutionary psychology
- Experimental psychology
- Forensic developmental psychology
- Group psychology
- Health psychology
- Indigenous psychology
- Mathematical psychology
- Medical psychology
- Motivation
- Music psychology
- Neuropsychology
- Pediatric psychology
- Personality psychology
- Positive psychology
- Psychopharmacology
- Quantitative psychology
- Rehabilitation psychology
- Social psychology
- Transpersonal psychology
Other areas by topic[edit]
- Behavioral economics
- Child psychopathology
- Feminine psychology
- Indian psychology
- Intelligence
- Moral psychology
- Parapsychology
- Pedology
- Psychobiology
- Psychometrics
- Psycholinguistics
- Psychology of aesthetics, creativity, and the arts
- Psychology of religion
- Psychology of science
- Psychology of self
- Psychopathology
- Psychopharmacology and substance abuse
- Psychophysics
- Sex and psychology
Applied psychology[edit]
- Anomalistic psychology
- Applied behavior analysis
- Clinical psychology
- Community psychology
- Consumer psychology
- Counseling psychology
- Ecological psychology
- Educational psychology
- Environmental psychology
- Forensic psychology
- Health psychology
- Human factors psychology
- Industrial and organizational psychology
- Legal psychology
- Media psychology
- Military psychology
- Occupational psychology
- Occupational health psychology
- Political psychology
- Psychoneuroimmunology
- Psychopharmacology
- School psychology
- Sport psychology
- Traffic psychology
Psychological schools[edit]
Psychological schools – some examples of psychological schools follow (the most prominent schools are in bold):
- Analytical psychology
- Behaviorism (see also Radical behaviourism)
- Cognitivism
- Depth psychology
- Descriptive psychology
- Ecological systems theory
- Ego psychology
- Enactivism (psychology)
- Existential psychology
- Functional psychology
- Gestalt psychology
- Humanistic psychology
- Individual differences
- Individual psychology
- Phenomenological psychology
- Psychoanalysis
- Structuralism
- Transactional analysis
- Transpersonal psychology
History of psychology[edit]
Psychology theories[edit]
Research methods[edit]
List of psychological research methods
Psychological phenomena[edit]
Psychological conditions[edit]
- DSM-IV Codes
- DSM-IV Codes (alphabetical)
- List of mental disorders
- List of mood disorders
- List of neurological disorders
- Outline of autism
Psychological treatments[edit]
Medicine[edit]
- List of psychotropic medications
- List of psychedelic drugs
- List of psychiatric medications
- List of psychiatric medications by condition treated
- List of neurosteroids
- List of nootropics (smart drugs)
- List of drugs
Psychology education[edit]
Psychology organizations[edit]
- List of psychology organizations
- Evolutionary psychology research groups and centers
- List of schools of psychoanalysis
Psychology publications[edit]
- List of further reading on Borderline personality disorder
- List of important publications in psychology
- List of psychology journals
[edit]
- List of comparative psychologists
- List of clinical psychologists
- List of developmental psychologists
- List of educational psychologists
- List of evolutionary psychologists
- List of social psychologists
- Related
- List of fictional psychiatrists
- List of cognitive scientists
- List of psychiatrists
- List of neuroscientists
- List of psychoanalytical theorists
- List of neurologists and neurosurgeons
See also[edit]
- Index of psychology articles
- List of neuroscience topics
- List of counseling topics
- List of neuroimaging software
- List of regions in the human brain
- Web-based experiments
- Neuro-linguistic programming (index)
References[edit]
- ^ Gray, P. O. (2010). "Foundations for the study of psychology". Psychology (6th ed.). New York, New York: Worth Publishers.
- ^ Psychology. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary. Retrieved from merriam-webster.com
- ^ Fernald LD (2008). Psychology: Six perspectives (pp. 12–15). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- ^ Hockenbury & Hockenbury. Psychology. Worth Publishers, 2010.
External links[edit]
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Quotations from Wikiquote
Texts from Wikisource
Textbooks from Wikibooks
Resources from Wikiversity
- Psychology Library- Search Psychology articles by author's name, category and key word (Also Articles from the American Psychological Association)