Psychological fact of Human

Sub field /Description

1. Behavioral genetics: Behavioral genetics studies the inheritance of traits related to behavior.
2. Behavioral neuroscience: Behavioral neuroscience examines the biological basis of behavior.
3. Clinical psychology: Clinical psychology deals with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological disorders.
4. Clinical neuropsychology: Clinical neuropsychology unites the areas of bio psychology and clinical psychology, focusing on the relationship between biological factors and psychological disorders.
5. Cognitive psychology: Cognitive psychology focuses on the study of higher mental processes.
6. Counseling psychology: Counseling psychology focuses primarily on educational, social, and career adjustment problems.
7. Cross-cultural psychology: Cross-cultural psychology investigates the similarities and differences in psychological functioning in and across various cultures and ethnic groups.
8. Developmental psychology: Developmental psychology examines how people grow and change from the moment of conception through death.
9. Educational psychology: Educational psychology is concerned with teaching and learning processes, such as the relationship between motivation and school performance.
10. Environmental psychology: Environmental psychology considers the relationship between people and their physical environment.
11. Evolutionary psychology: Evolutionary psychology considers how behavior is influenced by our genetic inheritance from our ancestors.
12. Experimental psychology: Experimental psychology studies the processes of sensing, perceiving,learning, and thinking about the world.
13. Forensic psychology: Forensic psychology focuses on legal issues, such as determining the accuracy of witness memories.
14. Health psychology: Health psychology explores the relationship between psychological factors and physical ailments or disease.
15. Industrial/organizational: Industrial/organizational psychology is concerned with the psychology of the workplace.
16. Personality psychology: Personality psychology focuses on the consistency in people’s behavior over time and the traits that differentiate one person from another.
17. Program evaluation: Program evaluation focuses on assessing large-scale programs, such as the Head Start preschool program, to determine whether they are effective in meeting their goals.
18. Psychology of women: Psychology of women focuses on issues such as discrimination against women and the causes of violence against women.
19. School psychology: School psychology is devoted to counseling children in elementary and secondary schools who have academic or emotional problems.
20. Social psychology: Social psychology is the study of how people’s thoughts, feelings, and actions are affected by others.
21. Sport psychology: Sport psychology applies psychology to athletic activity and exercise.