Introduction to Psychology (Module 4) Flashcards
Psychology lies at the intersection of many other different disciplines, including
Anatomy, Medicine, Biology, Anthropology, Genetics, Zoology, and the like.
Many branches of psychology are more closely connected with
medicine
Health psychologists
help people manage disease and pain.
clinical psychologists
help alleviate the suffering caused by mental disorders.
Major Branches of Psychology
General psychology
Physiological/Biological Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Personality Psychology
Cognitive psychology
Social psychology
Counseling Psychology
Abnormal psychology
Clinical psychology
Industrial/ Organizational Psychology
Behavioral Psychology
Major Branches of Psychology
Educational psychology
Experimental Psychology
Forensic Psychology
Sports Psychology
ParaPsychology
Transpersonal/Positive Psychology
As a result, a number of unique and distinctive branches of psychology have emerged to deal with specific subtopics within the study of the ___, _____, and ______.
mind, brain, and behavior.
Research
which seeks to increase our knowledge in a form of investigation
Practice
with our expertise, it is applied into real world.
Some of these subfields have been firmly established as areas of interest among schools where many ______and ______offered ________and __________.
colleges, universities, courses, degree programs
Each field of psychology focused on a particular topic and psychologists specialized on these areas and made it as their form of
career
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
The study of the basic principles, problems and methods that underlie the science of psychology. It is the _____________________ and discusses in the general perspective, such as _________, _________, _________, _________, _________, _________, _________, _________, _________, and _________.
foundation of studying science of psychology, human development, emotions, motivation, learning, memory, senses, thinking, perception, processing, intelligence
PHYSIOLOGICAL/ BIO PSYCHOLOGY
Biopsychology is a branch of psychology is focused on how the _____, _____, and __________ influence _____,
_____, and _____. This field draws on many different disciplines including _______________, __________, _____, _____, __________, and _____. People who work in this field often study how __________ and __________ impact __________. Biopsychology is also sometimes referred to as __________, _______________, or _______________.
brain, neurons, nervous system, thoughts, feelings, behaviors, basic psychology, experimental psychology, biology, physiology, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, brain injuries, brain diseases, human behavior, physiological psychology, behavorial neuroscience, psychobiology
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
This branch of psychology looks into the behavior of man for his entire _________, _________ and _________. This will explore on the changes that our body goes through, __________________ on their behavior, challenges and mechanism of the body from birth until old age.
life span, his growth, development, development stages
PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY
This will study on the relationship between ________ and ________ . This will also discuss on why do people react differently with the same ________ . Why some people are ________ and others are ________ or ________ and similarly why some people can relaxed under pressure and others are anxious.
personality, behavior, situation, competitve, passive, hostile
COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
This area of psychology is centered on the ________ of how people think, learn, and remember. Psychologists who work in this field often study things such as ________ , ________ , ________ , ________ , ________ , ________ , ________ , ________ ________ , and ________ ________ . Cognitive Psychologists often use an _______________________ to describe how the mind works, suggesting that the brain stores and processes information much like a computer.
science, perception, motivation, emotion, language, learning, memory, attention, decision-making, problem-solving, information-processing model
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
This will provide the study of man’s behavior as influenced by people in a society. This will explore the _____________ and its effect to __________. The behavior of people and their relationship with another person will also be studied such as; ________, ________, ________, ________and ________________.
social phenomena, human behavior, jealousy, aggression, friendship, conflict, social interaction
COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY
Counseling psychology is one of the largest subfields in psychology. It is centered on treating clients through __________. This can be found in Guidance Centers. The ____________ describes the field as an area that can improve _______________ by improving social and emotional conditions as well as addressing concerns about __________, __________, __________, __________, and more through discussing the concern and working it out.
talking it out, Society of Counseling Psychology, interpersonal functioning, health, work, family, marriage
ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
Abnormal Psychology is the area that deals with the ________ and ________ ________ of a person. Studies on ________ , ________ , and ________ with a wide variety of psychological disorders including anxiety and depression will be discussed. ________ , ________ , ________ psychologists, are experts who often work directly in this field.
psychopathology, abnormal behavior, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, couselors, psychotherapists, clinical
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
This is the study of ________ , ________ and ________ of people with mental disorders. This will discuss on the ________ , ________ and ________ causes of the disorder. This will also give advice to people on how to handle psychological problems.
diagnosis, therapy, treatment, biological, medical, psychological
INDUSTRIAL / ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
This will be exploring the behavior of people in the ________. The Industrial or Organizational Psychologist will handle ________ ________, ________, ________, ________ and ________in an ________. The ________, ________ and ________ mental and social well being of ________ will also be tackled.
workplace, people’s conflict, relationship, training, duties, responsibilities, organization, motivation, productivity, improving, employees
BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOLOGY
This deals with utilizing ________ ________ such as ________ conditioning and ________ conditioning to ________ or ________ behaviors. For example, a teacher might use a ________ __ ________ in order to teach students to behave during class. When students are good, they receive gold stars and for those misbehaving will get punishments or low grades.
behavioral strategies, classical, operant, teach, modify, system of rewards,
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
A branch of psychology concerned with ________, ________ ________, ________ ________, and ________ ________. Educational psychologists often study how students learn or work directly with ________, ________, ________, and ________to improve student outcomes. They might study how different ________influence individual students. They also study topics such as ________ ________, ________, the ________ ________, and ________ ________.
schools, teaching psychology, educational issues, student concerns, students, parents, teachers, administrators, variables, learning disabilities, giftedness, instructional processes, individual differences
EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
A branch of psychology that utilizes _______ _______ to research the _______ and _______ . Many of these techniques are also used by other areas in psychology to conduct research in the _______ or _______ _______ . Experimental psychologists work in a wide variety of settings including _______ , _______ , _______ _______ , _______ , and _______ _______.
scientific methods, brain, behavior, laboratory, natural setting, colleges, universities, research centers, government, private businesses
FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY
This deals with issues related to psychology and the law. Those who work in this field of psychology apply ________ ________ to ______ ______. This may involve studying ________ ________ and ________ or working directly in the _____ ______.
Forensic psychologists perform a wide variety of duties, including _______________________, _______________________, _______________________ and ______________________________________________.
psychological principles, legal issues, criminal behavior, treatments, court system, providing testimony in court cases, assessing children in suspected child abuse cases, preparing children to give testimony, evaluating the mental competence of criminal suspects
