Intro to Psychology

Major subfields

Clinial, Developmental, Cognitive, Social, Health, Neuro, Pyschophysics, Industrial Organizational

Clinical Pyschology

Diagnosing and treating pyschological disorders, therapy for depression and anxiety

developmental

how and why behavior and thinking changes in a lifespan, how moral reasoning develops in children

cognitive

how we think, percieve, remember, and solve problems, memory experiments and decision making

social

how an individual’s thoughts and behavior is influenced by others, conformity, obedience, group influence, prejudice

health

how biology, psychology, and social factors impact health, how stress impacts immune system

neuro

relationship between the brain and behavior, brain scans for memory loss

psychophysics

relationship between physcial stimuli and perception

industrial organizational

applying psychology in a workspace, improving employee satisfaction or productivity