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    Applied Psychology

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    RESEARCH METHOD IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Social Psychology: The way we perceive ourselves in relation to the rest of the world plays an important role in our choices‚ behaviours and beliefs. Conversely‚ the opinions of others also impact our behaviour and the way we view ourselves. Social psychology is a branch of psychology concerned with how social phenomena influence us and how people interact with others. Social psychology is the scientific study of how people’s thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behaviours

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    community psychology

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    INTRODUCTION It may be useful to describe community psychology by distinguishing it from other disciplines with which it is closely allied. Community psychology is like clinical psychology and community mental health in its action orientation. That is‚ community psychology aims to promote human welfare. But community psychology arose largely out of dissatisfaction with the clinician’s tendency to locate mental health problems within the individual. Community psychologists are more likely to see

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    Child Psychology

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    Psychology studies the behaviour and the human mind‚ the research that is done within psychology is to understand and explain the behaviour‚ emotions and thoughts. The study that I am going to discuss is child psychology and its behaviour and its impact on society and its individuals. Child psychology is one of the main areas that is often quite chosen and studied in depth. When doing child psychology the main focus is on the child’s behaviour and its mind and the way it develops through its age

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    Social Psychology

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    Social psychology is about understanding individual behavior in a social context. Baron‚ Byrne & Suls (1989) define social psychology as ....... “the scientific field that seeks to understand the nature and causes of individual behavior in social situations”. (p. 6). It therefore looks at human behavior as influenced by other people and the social context in which this occurs. Social psychologists therefore deal with the factors that lead us to behave in a given way in the presence of others

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    Forensic psychology

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    Script The Career we chose is Forensic Psychology‚ also known as criminal psychology. You’ve probably heard of this particular career from books‚ films and TV shows. Crime is often a major problem in many areas‚ particularly densely populated areas. As much as we may wish for peaceful‚ crime-free lives‚ this is most likely not going to happen anytime soon. Punishing criminals or preventing them from committing crimes is the first step to achieving that goal‚ thats where forensic psychologists step

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    Is Psychology a Science?

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    Psychology is commonly defined as ’scientific ’ study of human behaviour and cognitive processes. Broadly speaking the discussion focuses on the different branches of psychology‚ and if they are indeed scientific. However‚ it is integral in this to debate to understand exactly the major features of a science‚ in order to judge if psychology is in fact one. There must be a definable subject matter - this changed from conscious human thought to human and non-human behaviour‚ then to cognitive processes

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    Psychology Perspectives

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    Psychology Perspective Psychology as we all know is the scientific study of the behavior of humans and animals. There are various different approaches in contemporary psychology which aim at understanding human behavior. An approach is a perspective that involves certain assumptions about human behavior: the way they function‚ which aspects of them are worthy of study and what research methods are appropriate for undertaking this study. There may be several different theories within an approach‚

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    Clinical Psychology

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    Approaches to Clinical Psychology PSY 480 October 25‚ 2010 Approaches to Clinical Psychology Clinical psychology involves the assessment‚ diagnosis‚ and treatment of mental illnesses that affect human behavior (Plante‚ 2005). Of all psychology’s disciplines‚ clinical psychology is the most intriguing‚ both for subject matter and diverse employment opportunities. A common thread in clinical psychology is the multiple perspectives that exist to explain how mental processes influence human

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    SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

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    SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY The study of the manner in which the personality‚ attitudes‚ motivations‚ and behavior of the individual influence and are influenced by social groups http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20psychology According to psychologist Gordon Allport‚ social psychology is a discipline that uses scientific methods "to understand and explain how the thought‚ feeling and behavior of individuals are influenced by the actual‚ imagined or implied presence of other human beings"

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    History of Psychology

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    History of Psychology Modern psychology is a science that it continually being researched and added to. Psychology predates the 19th century and includes roots into early philosophy. Looking closely one can identify philosophers that related to the beginnings of psychology‚ identify major philosophers that historically relate to the beginnings psychology as a formal discipline and how the development of the science of psychology changed during the 19th century. A philosopher that could easily

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