Outline of psychology

Summary

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to psychology:

Psychology refers to the study of subconscious and conscious activities, such as emotions and thoughts. It is a field of study that bridges the scientific and social sciences and has a huge reach. Its 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 behavior. 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. [1][2]

Branches of psychology edit

Basic psychological science edit

Other areas by topic edit

Applied psychology edit

Psychological schools edit

Psychological schools – some examples of psychological schools follow (the most prominent schools are in bold):

History of psychology edit

History of psychology

Psychology theories edit

Research methods edit

List of psychological research methods

Psychological phenomena edit

Psychological conditions edit

Psychological treatments edit

Medicine edit

Psychology education edit

Psychology organizations edit

Psychology publications edit

Scholars of psychology (and related) edit

List of psychologists
Related

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Fernald LD (2008). Psychology: Six perspectives (pp. 12–15). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  2. ^ Hockenbury & Hockenbury. Psychology. Worth Publishers, 2010.

External links edit

  • Psychology Library- Search Psychology articles by author's name, category and key word (Also Articles from the American Psychological Association)