The study of psychology can be
personally and professionally rewarding.
Let's take a look at eight types of
psychology presented by SNHU.
Abnormal psychology focuses on the origin and constructs of mental illness looking at
unusual patterns of behavior, emotions
and thoughts. This branch of psychology
determines how deviation from a norm are addressed and treated.
Biopsychology concentrates on the relationship between behavior and biology. This branch of
psychology focuses on how biological
changes lead to change in behavior.
Social psychology examines how people
think and feel. This branch of psychology
focuses on how others impact our
behavior.
Cognitive psychology focuses on
the process underlying attention, memory,
language, problem-solving and
decision-making. This branch of
psychology focuses on how specialized
techniques are used to understand these
processes.
Working with people of all ages,
developmental psychologists study how
people grow and adapt both physically
and psychologically, flag developmental
delays and serious health issues and
assists with interventions to get people
back on track. This branch of psychology
focuses on understanding why cognitive
physical personality and social factors
play into how we evolve developmentally.
The main focus of personality psychology
is to study personality and how it
varies among individuals relying on
research theories related to personality
traits, evolution, biology, humanism,
behavior and social learning. This branch
of psychology focuses on why it's
important to understand how personality
develops and similarities and
differences between individuals.
By applying psychosocial knowledge to civil
and criminal law the branch of forensic
psychology focuses on conducting
forensic assessments for the court
system to determine both custody
evaluations and competency to stand trial.
This is the reason why this field is
called the intersection of psychology
and law.
Focused on the scientific study
of working the field of industrial
organizational psychology as critical
relevance to individuals, businesses and
society. This is done by applying
research to issues facing employees,
teams and organizations while examining
employee well-being and attitude,
employer to employee relationships and
overall workplace behavior.
Overall they focus on how workplace relationships
affect lives on the job and beyond.
To summarize the eight types of psychology
covered were abnormal psychology,
biopsychology, social psychology, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology,
personality psychology, forensic
psychology and industrial organizational psychology
