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