The major subfields of psychology

Clinical psychology

deals with the study diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders

Cognitive Psychology

Focuses on the study of higher mental processes

Counseling psychology

Focuses primarily on educational social and career adjustment problems

Cross-cultural psychology

Investigate the similarities and differences in psychological functioning in and across various cultures and ethnic groups

Developmental psychology

Examines how people grow and change from the moment of conception through death

Educational psychology

Concerned with teaching and learning processes, such as relationship between motivation and school performance

Evolutionary psychology

Consider our behavior influence by our genetic inheritance from our ancestors

Experimental psychology

Studies the process of sensing perceiving learning and thinking about the world

Health psychology

Explores the relationship between psychological factors and physical ailments or disease

Personality psychology

Focuses on the consistency in People‘s behavior over time and the traits that differentiate from one person to another

School psychology

Devoted to counseling children in elementary in secondary school schools who have academic or emotional problems

Social psychology

The study of how people thoughts, feelings and actions are affected by others