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PSYCHOLOGY
MAJOR FIELDS OF PSYCHOLOGY
BRANCHES OF PSYCHOLOGY
FIELDS OF PSYCHOLOGY
Broad areas of orientation in psychology which
underlies particular perspective. These are:
Cognitive psychology: A field that deals with
the way human being processes, combines and
organizes information in the mind which help
to solve problems, memorize, understand,
interpret and create information.
Psychodynamic: studies the causes of
behavior within the workings of personality.
It emphasizes the role of unconscious past
processes and unresolved conflicts from the
past.
BRANCHES/SUB-FIELDS
OF PSYCHOLOGY
Psychology is divided in to many
branches.
Divisions are caused by differences of:
Methods
Aspects of behavior to be studied
Objectives
Interest, training and background of
psychologist.
Branches of Psychology
Some of the important branches of
psychology for our course are:
Developmental psychology
Personality psychology
Social psychology
Industrial /organizational psychology
Clinical and counseling psychology
Experimental and physiological
psychology
Educational psychology
Developmental
psychology
It studies:
how human being grows and
changes through the life span.
domains of development; physical
and motor, intellectual, personal,
emotional, moral and social.
sequences and rate of maturation,
size and ability in relation to age.
Personality
Farres &
Chaplin;1997:9),
a pattern of
characteristic
thoughts, feelings and
behaviors that
distinguishes one
person from another
and that persists over
time and situations.
The definition
suggests that
personality is
made up of:
combination of
characteristics
and behavior.
uniqueness of
characteristics
consistency
Personality psychology
Examples of these traits: thinking,
Social psychology
It studies:
How the behavior of a person or a group
influences the behavior of another person
or group.
how people learn attitude and emotions,
skills, actions, new perceptions, new ways
of speaking and of living with others.
These behaviors are learnt through
interaction, communication and
interpersonal relationships.
Social psychology
In school setting children learn new
behavior, perceptions, beliefs,
thoughts, actions and attitude as a
result of interaction and
communication with teachers and
other children.
Industrial/Organizational
psychology
It studies:
behavior of workers at working places;
industries, companies, institutions or at any
working situation.
various aspects of behavior in relation to
work interest, efficiency, satisfaction,
diligence and commitment leading to
maximum production and profit.
causes of low production as related to
human behavior.
Industrial/Organizational
psychology
Social, personal and counseling needs of
Counseling psychology
It deals with helping people to
Experimental and
Physiological
Experimental:
psychology
Experimental method is used in
Physiological psychology
It studies biological basis of
behavior, the function of the body
and behavior. Example the causes
of anger, brain and memory,
secretion of hormones and
emotional arousal, genes and
behavior patterns.
Educational psychology
Educational Psychology is an applied
Bibliography
Coon, D 91988); Essentials of Psychology:
Testing Questions
1. The school head teacher has been able to
resolve conflicts among teachers, the action that
has made the school to have a maximum
learning environment. Which one of the following
branches of psychology has been applied?
Developmental psychology
B. Industrial/organizational psychology
C. Social psychology
D. Clinical psychology
A.