different fields of psychology

Clinical psych

Research and practice into mental illness, abnormal personality, trauma, addiction and the systemic assessment of beliefs, skills and functioning.

Cognitive psychology

Based on studying mental processes such as attention, memory perception, decision making and problem solving.

Social psychology

The scientific study of how thoughts, feelings and behaviours are influenced by the actual, imagined or implied presence of others.

Developmental psychology

The scientific study of how and why humans grow, change and adapt across the course of their lives.

Neuropsychology

A branch of psychology concerned with studying the brain and the impaxt of a person’s cognition and behaviour.

Forensic psychology

The practice of psychology applied to the courts and the law.

Criminal psychology

The study of the views, thoughts, intentions, actions and reactions of offenders.