Psych Subfields

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Biopsychology

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Examines how biologic structures and functions of the body affect behavior.

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Clinical Psychology

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Deals with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of Psychological disorders.

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Clinical Neuropsychology

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Unites the areas of biopsychology and clinical psychology focusing on the relationship between biological factors and psychological disorders.

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Cognitive Psychology

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Study of higher mental processes.

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Counseling Psychology

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Focuses on educational, social, and career adjustment problems.

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Cross Cultural Psychology

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Investigates similarities and differences in psychological functioning in and across various cultures and ethnic groups.

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Developmental Psychology

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Examines how people grow and change from the moment of conception to death.

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Educational Psychology

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Concerned with the teaching and learning processes such as relationship between intelligence and school performance and development of better teaching techniques.

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Environmental Psychology

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Considers relationship between people and their physical environment, including how our physical environment affects our emotions and the amount of stress we experience in a particular setting.

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Evolutionary Psychology

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Considers how behavoir is influenced by our genetic inhertance from our ancestors.

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Environmental Psychology

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Consdiers relationship between people and their physical environment, including how our physical environment affects our emotions and the amount of stress we experience in a particular setting.

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Evolutionary Psychology

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Considers how behavoir is influenced by our genetic inheritance from our ancestors.

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Experimental Psychology

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Studies processes of sensing, perceiving, learning and thinking about the world.

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Forensic Psychology

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Focuses on legal issues such as deciding criteria for determining whether a defendant was legally sane at the time the crime was committed.

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Health Psychology

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Explores the relationship between Psychological factors and Physical ailments or disease.

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Industrial/Organizational Psychology

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Is concerned with Psychology of the work place.

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Program Evaluation

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Focuses of assessing large-scale programs such as Head Start Pre-School to determine whether they are effective at meeting their goals.

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Psychology of women

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Focuses on issues of discrimination against women, structural differences in women's & men's brains and causes of violence against women.

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School Psychology

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Devoted to counseling of children in elementary school with academic and emotional problems.

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Social Psychology

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Study of how people's thoughts, feelings and actions are affected by others.

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Sports Psychology

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Applies Psych to athletic activity.