The science of psychology

Clinical psychologists

Psychologists who work in health and care settings.

Counselling psychologists

Psychologists who work in private practice and commercial settings.

Educational psychologists

Psychologists who work in local education authorities, schools, and special schools.

Forensic psychologists

Psychologists who work in penal establishments, special hospitals, and with young offenders.

Health psychologists

Psychologists who work in hospitals, health authorities, and health research departments.

Neuropsychologists

Psychologists who help people with brain injury.

Occupational psychologists

Psychologists who work in management, personnel, training, selection, and careers services.

Research and teaching

Psychologists who work in institutions of higher education.

Dualism

The separation of mind and body.

Structuralism

The approach to psychology that breaks down consciousness into its component parts or structure.

Functionalism

The approach to psychology that looks at organisms' function to understand their behavior.

Behaviourism

The scientific study of behavior.

Classical Conditioning

A type of learning where a conditioned stimulus (CS) is paired with an unconditioned stimulus (US) to elicit a conditioned response (CR).

Operant Conditioning

A type of learning where behavior is shaped by the consequences of behavior, such as reinforcement and punishment.

Cognitive

The scientific study of mental processes.

Humanistic

The perspective that emphasizes the importance of human needs and goals.

Psychodynamic

The perspective that focuses on unconscious motivating forces that guide behavior and produce our personality.

Biological

The perspective that attributes all behavior and mental processes to physical causes.