Outline of psychology
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to psychology:
Psychology refers to the study of subconscious and conscious activities, such as emotions and thoughts. It is a field of study that bridges the scientific and social sciences and has a huge reach. Its goal is to comprehend individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. Psychology is the study of people and the reasons for their behavior. It has grown in popularity in the last few decades and is now an undergraduate course at many universities.
There are a variety of psychology branches that people specialize in, as outlined below.
Branches of psychology
Basic psychological science
- Abnormal psychology
- Applied psychology
- Asian psychology
- Behavioral genetics
- Biological psychology
- Black psychology
- Clinical neuropsychology
- Cognitive psychology
- Comparative psychology
- Conservation psychology
- Criminal psychology
- Critical psychology
- Cultural psychology
- Developmental psychology
- Differential psychology
- Evolutionary psychology
- Experimental psychology
- Forensic developmental psychology
- Group psychology
- Health psychology
- Indigenous psychology
- Mathematical psychology
- Medical psychology
- Motivation
- Music psychology
- Neuropsychology
- Pediatric psychology
- Personality psychology
- Positive psychology
- Psychopharmacology
- Quantitative psychology
- Rehabilitation psychology
- Social psychology
- Transpersonal psychology
- Theoretical psychology
Other areas by topic
- Behavioral economics
- Child psychopathology
- Feminine psychology
- Indian psychology
- Intelligence
- Subconscious
- Moral psychology
- Psychometrics
- Psycholinguistics
- Psychology of art
- Psychology of religion
- Psychology of science
- Psychology of self
- * Self
- Psychopathology
- Psychopharmacology and substance abuse
- Psychophysics
- Sex and psychology
Applied psychology
- Anomalistic psychology
- Applied behavior analysis
- Clinical psychology
- Community psychology
- Consumer psychology
- Counseling psychology
- Ecological psychology
- Educational psychology
- Environmental psychology
- Forensic psychology
- Health psychology
- Human factors psychology
- Industrial and organizational psychology
- Legal psychology
- Media psychology
- Military psychology
- Occupational psychology
- Occupational health psychology
- Political psychology
- Psychoneuroimmunology
- Psychopharmacology
- School psychology
- Sport psychology
- Traffic psychology
Psychological schools
Psychological schools - some examples of psychological schools follow :Analytical psychologyBehaviorism Cognitivism- Cultural-historical psychology
- Depth psychology
- Descriptive psychology
- Ecological systems theory
- Ego psychology
- Enactivism (psychology)
- Existential psychology
- Functional psychologyGestalt psychologyHumanistic psychologyIndividual differences
- Individual psychology
- Phenomenological psychologyPsychoanalysis
- Structuralism
- Transactional analysis
- Transpersonal psychology
History of psychology
History of psychologyPsychology theories
Research methods
List of psychological research methodsPsychological phenomena
- Cognitive bias (list)
- * List of memory related cognitive biases
- Emotion
- Perception
- Psychological effects
- Thought (outline)
- * List of thought processes
- * List of organizational thought processes
- * List of decision-making processes
- * List of creative thought processes
- * List of mnemonics
- * Emotional intelligence
Mental disorder
- DSM-IV codes
- DSM-IV codes (alphabetical)
- Causes of mental disorders
- Classification of mental disorders
- List of mental disorders
- * Anxiety disorders
- * Addiction
- ** Video game addiction
- List of mood disorders
- List of neurological disorders
- Outline of autism
Psychological treatments
Medicine
Psychology education
Psychology organizations
- List of psychology organizations
- Evolutionary psychology research groups and centers
- List of schools of psychoanalysis
Scholars of psychology (and related)
;List of psychologists- List of clinical psychologists
- List of cognitive psychologists
- List of comparative psychologists
- List of developmental psychologists
- List of educational psychologists
- List of evolutionary psychologists
- List of social psychologists