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Areas of Psychology
1. Clinical Psychology
This treatment-oriented branch of psychology deals with scientific ways of handling psychological problems. Also called counselling psychology or psychotherapy, it focuses on the prevention, understanding, and cure of psychological issues by way of psycho-therapeutic treatment.
2. Biopsychology
This branch of psychology looks at the role the brain and neurotransmitters play in influencing our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. It combines neuroscience and the study of psychology.
3. Educational Psychology
Educational psychology is the scientific study of human behaviour in an educational setting and, as such, it deals with issues such as learning disorders, adolescence behaviours, and so on. These studies focus primarily on the different developmental stages of children and teenagers.
4. Cognitive Psychology
The branch of psychology that deals with mental processes, such as thoughts, memory, and problem solving, is called cognitive psychology. In essence, it is concerned with the perception and problem-solving capability of the brain.
5. Forensic Psychology
The application of psychology to law making, law enforcement, the examination of witnesses, and the treatment of the criminal is the job of the forensic psychologist. Also known as legal psychology, this branch of psychology is not dissimilar to cognitive and clinical psychology, but involves a thorough understanding of the law.
6. Social Psychology
Focussed on the psychological aspects of individuals within a community environment, community psychology explores characteristics such as interdependence, adaptation, diplomacy, empowerment, social justice, and so on. It is also referred to as critical psychology.
7. Industrial Psychology
This branch of psychology addresses practical problems in the workplace through the application of psychological principles. Industrial psychologists, also called organisational psychologists, are employed by companies to administer tests which measure employee aptitudes or skills in hiring and placement programmes.
8. Health Psychology
This branch of psychology observes how behaviour, biology, and social context influence illness and health. Health psychologists generally work alongside other medical professionals in clinical settings.
9. Experimental Psychology
Experimental psychologists work to understand the underlying causes of behaviour by studying humans and animals. They work mainly in a laboratory environment, exploring how different species interrelate and investigating the evolutionary significance of certain behaviours.
10. Developmental Psychology
Developmental psychology is a branch of psychology that attempts to explain the development of humans over time, both in the micro sense, as they develop from babies to mature adults, and in the macro sense, as the culture itself evolves through the years and decades.
Source: https://www.sacap.edu.za/blog/psychology/types-of-psychology/