Disciplines Flashcards
Clinical Psychology
Study and application of psychology for the purpose of understanding, preventing and relieving psychollogically-based distress and disfunction and promote well being and personal development
Experimental Psychology
The study of basic behavioural processes
Anthropometrics
The study of dimensions and abilities of the human body
Computer Science
Study of theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer science
Cognitive science
Study of minds as information processors
Safety engineering
Assures that life critical systems behave as needed even when the component fails
Medical science
Science and art of healing
Organisational psychology
The study of the relations between people and work
Educational psychology
Study of how people learn design methods and materials used to educate
Industrial engineering
Organised approach to the study of work