Top of Form Perspectives of Psychology What is Psychology - and What is it not? Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes‚ originating from the Greek roots psyche (mind) and ology (study of). The science of psychology is based on objective and verifiable evidence. In order to retrieve accurate information‚ psychologists use an empirical approach as the standard for the methodology of psychology. The use of careful observations and scientific research are examples of an
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Organizational Psychology Teresa Vest PSYCH/570 December 4‚ 2012 Lisa Teeter Organizational Psychology * Organizational psychology is an important part of organizations‚ no matter how large or small. Because of the ever growing amount of competition among like organizations and potential for growth‚ organizational psychology appears vital. Organizational psychologists provide a company with unbiased and new approaches in areas of development and progression using multiple forms
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Positive Psychology-A Current perspective Author Krishan Kumar Dr. Rajiv Dogra Corresponding Address Krishan Kumar‚ M. Sc‚ M. Phil (M& SP)‚ PhD (Pur) Clinical Psychology‚ Computational Neuroscience National Brain Research Centre‚ Manesar Email- keshusony@rediffmail.com Ph.no. 9999516319 Dr. Rajiv Dogra Associte Professor‚ Department of Clinical Psychology Post Graduate College and Medical Sciences‚ Rohtak Email- Rajeevdogra@rediffmail.com What is positive psychology?
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Clinical Psychology Gabriela Alvarez Clinical Psychology Clinical psychology is one of the most prominent specialty areas in psychology today. Clinical psychology focuses and strives to understand‚ assess and treat psychological and behavioral problems and disorders (Plante‚ 2010). According to Bedi (2012)‚ “Clinical psychology is a broad approach to human problems . . . with regard to numerous populations.” Furthermore‚ analyzing the methods in which the human psyche interacts with
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Military Psychology Military psychology is a broad market of psychology in which virtually any and all subfields of psychology where the lessons of personality‚ organizational and abnormal psychology among others are applied to the needs or desires of military planners and strategists. Reasons for their application may be immediate or sustained. The application of psychological research or theory to the military can be used to analyze either enemy or friendly forces‚ exemplified by perfecting an
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Developmental psychology Also known as human development‚ is the scientific study of systematic psychological changes that occur in human beings over the course of their life span. Originally concerned with infants and children the field has expanded to include adolescence‚ adult development‚ and the entire life span. This field examines change across a broad range of topics including motor skills and other psycho-physiological processes; cognitive development involving areas such as problem solving
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Cognitive psychology is the study of mental processes such as how people think‚ perceive information‚ and learn (Willingham‚ 2007). This area of psychology mainly concentrates on the way people acquire‚ process‚ and store information. It has practical uses because it can enhance a person’s ability to learn by improving memory and advancing a person’s ability to make decisions. There are four milestones in the development of cognitive psychology as a discipline. The research conducted by Dr. Alfred
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Sociology and Psychology Sociology studies the social systems while psychology studies mental systems. The nature of relationship between sociology and psychology still remains controversial and the study of social psychology in relation to both is still unsettled. There are two extreme views: J.S.Mill believed that a general social science could not be considered firmly established until its inductively established generalizations can be shown to be also logically deductible from laws of mind
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At our first ever Psychology 10 meeting‚ we were tasked to give out what we think are myths about psychology. At that time I don’t even know what to think of because‚ honestly‚ I don’t know much about psychology. But of course I now have a sense of clarity about the world of psychology‚ the science that seeks lucidity on human behaviour. As we all know‚ studying behavioural patterns can be difficult. Well maybe that’s just me because I don’t even understand mine at times. But I know that this is
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Biological Psychology Melissa Thompson University of Phoenix Biological Psychology When most hear the words biological/psychology‚ many tend to have trouble rapping their mind around it. Psychology is the study of behavior‚ so how does biology fit into this equation? Well we have to assume that our brain has influence or somehow effects are behavior. In order to prove or disprove this theory‚ we have to research the biology and psychology of both the brain and our behavior. So how do
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