BRANCHES OF PSYCHOLOGY

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY : Application of psychological principles to diagnosis and treatment of emotional and behavioural problems.

As such - they can work in a variety of environments

1. Mental Hospitals
2. Juvenile Courts
3. Mental Health Clinics
4. Institutions for the mentally retarded.
5. Prison
6. University
7. Medical Colleges

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY : Working with individual children to evaluate learning and emotional problems, administering and interpreting various tests (intelligence, achievement, personality etc)

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY : specializing in learning and teaching methods. They help to train teachers and school psyvologists.

ENGINEERING PSYCHOLOGY : matching machines to man as satisfactorily as possible by designing machines.

INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY : selecting suitable candidates for the job, developing training programmes and management consultancy.

ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY : concerned with environmental issues - problems of noise, air and water pollution, overcrowding etc...

EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY : concerned with the experimental methods in studying reactions of individuals to various structure. Wilhelm Wundt was the first to set up experimental psychology lab in 1879 in Leipzig, Germany. He is called the "Father of PSychology" as he was the first one to call himself a "psychologist"

PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY : they seek to discover the relationship between biological processes and behaviour.

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY : concerned with human growth, and the factors that shape behaviour from birth to old age.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY : studies ways that interaction with other people influence attitudes and behaviour of an individual also group behaviour.

PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY : focus on difference between individuals as well as in studying each individual's unique qualities.

COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY :  focus on dealing with human problems. the goals are to prevent mental illness and to educate the public who have limited access to treatment.