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Scope and Recent Trends in Psychology
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Can someone please answer the following questions because I am confused about what its answer should be. 1) Recent Trends In Psychology 2) Scope of Psychology Thanks in advance |
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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 biopsychology 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. Social psychology 20. 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. |
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what about major perspectives in modern psychology and most preferable one
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what is difference between recent trends and scope of psychology?
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My Dear Fellows, Scope refers to, HOW WE USE PSYCHOLOGY IN OUR LIFE,
Thus the scope of psychology is present everywhere in our regular life, psychology scope is very vast and growing with every passage of time, It has Education Psychology to deal with students who are having problem in learning & improve their learning and provide a better learning environments, etc in school related all problems. You can extend this to other fields as well. Recend trends means to those new researches that has conducted and proved by the psychologist, and is presently being used or acknowledged by various psychologist. I hope you get your answer in this reply.
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