{"id":1138,"date":"2022-03-20T11:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T09:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/13-main-branches-of-psychology-2\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T00:12:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T22:12:22","slug":"13-main-branches-of-psychology-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/13-main-branches-of-psychology-2\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Main Branches of Psychology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69d3c8ebb9b56\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69d3c8ebb9b56\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/13-main-branches-of-psychology-2\/#Introduction\" >Introduction<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/13-main-branches-of-psychology-2\/#_Branches_of_Psychology\" >&nbsp;Branches of Psychology<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/13-main-branches-of-psychology-2\/#1_Social_Psychology\" >1. Social Psychology<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/13-main-branches-of-psychology-2\/#2_Clinical_Psychology\" >2.       Clinical Psychology<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/13-main-branches-of-psychology-2\/#3_Counselling_Psychology\" >3.       Counselling Psychology<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/13-main-branches-of-psychology-2\/#4_Developmental_Psychology\" >4.       Developmental Psychology<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/13-main-branches-of-psychology-2\/#5_Educational_Psychology\" >5.       Educational Psychology<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/13-main-branches-of-psychology-2\/#6_Industrial_PsychologyOrganizational_Psychology\" >6.       Industrial Psychology\/Organizational Psychology<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/13-main-branches-of-psychology-2\/#7_Sports_Psychology\" >7.       Sports Psychology<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/13-main-branches-of-psychology-2\/#8_Experimental_Psychology\" >8.        Experimental Psychology<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/13-main-branches-of-psychology-2\/#9_Comparative_Psychology\" >9.       Comparative Psychology<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/13-main-branches-of-psychology-2\/#10_Genetics\" >10.              Genetics<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/13-main-branches-of-psychology-2\/#11_Abnormal_Psychology\" >11.   Abnormal Psychology<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/13-main-branches-of-psychology-2\/#12_Physiological_Psychology\" >12.   Physiological Psychology<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/13-main-branches-of-psychology-2\/#13_Environmental_Psychology\" >13. Environmental Psychology<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Introduction\"><\/span>Introduction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 17.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt; text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black;\">Psychology is regarded as a science which studies human and animal behaviour. There are many branches of psychology helping to study different characteristics an organism can exhibit at a particular time or situation. Psychology attempts to study the people in relation to areas like social, education, physiological, genetics, environment and industrial settings.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 17.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt; text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"break-after: avoid; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12.0pt; margin: 12pt 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-pagination: lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; tab-stops: 50.1pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17pt;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"_Branches_of_Psychology\"><\/span><span style=\"mso-bookmark: bookmark155;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: bookmark157;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Toc61174964;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><!--[endif]--><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;\">Branches of Psychology<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div><span style=\"mso-bookmark: bookmark155;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: bookmark157;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Toc61174964;\"><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.pixabay.com\/photo\/2017\/01\/23\/09\/25\/psychology-2001850_960_720.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Branches of Psychology\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"533\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.pixabay.com\/photo\/2017\/01\/23\/09\/25\/psychology-2001850_960_720.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" title=\"Branches of Psychology\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Branches of Psychology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: black; line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt; text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black;\">Psychology is divided into several branches such as social, clinical, counselling, educational, developmental, industrial, sports, physiology, experimental, comparative, genetics, abnormal, environmental and engineering. These branches of psychology are explained below:<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: black; line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 34pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -17pt;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Social_Psychology\"><\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black;\">1. Social Psychology<\/span><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">This branch of Psychology is interested in the ways in which the behaviour of one affects others. It is the study of social behaviour and how they are influenced by the conditions in the society (Oladele, 1998). Social Psychology is about group or collective behaviour. Why does an individual conform to opinions of a group? What factors determine our judgment\/impression of others? <\/p>\n<p>It studies the ways in which a person\u2019s thoughts, feeling and behaviour are influenced by that of other people. Hilgard, Altkinson and Altinson (1971) reveal that <a href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/social-learning-theory-of-albert-bandura-2\/\">social learning<\/a> is concerned with the behavioural processes, causal factors and results of interaction among persons and groups. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt;\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Clinical_Psychology\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">2.       Clinical Psychology<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">This is the applied psychology that tries to use principles of knowledge      in psychology            to diagnose and treat emotional and behavioural problems. It uses the experiences gathered from developmental and abnormal psychology to determine the causative factors of a perceived problem. Psychologists in this field try to develop programmes of intervention that may assist the individual to overcome their emotional illness. A clinical Psychologist may work in places like hospital, juvenile court or practice privately. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt;\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Counselling_Psychology\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">3.       Counselling Psychology<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">This is a field of Psychology typically used in the schools to give the students advice on problems of social adjustment, vocational\/career or educational goals. The Psychologist assists the individual to discover his\/her hidden or untapped talent in order to make use of this talent or resource effectively in solving personal problems. The counsellor changes the behaviour of his\/her client through behaviour modification, modeling sensitization and rational thinking. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt;\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Developmental_Psychology\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">4.       Developmental Psychology<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Studies the process of human <a href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/definition-of-growth-and-development\/\">growth<\/a> and the factors that are responsible for human behaviour from birth to the old age. This field of psychology seeks to find out the changes that take place during the individual\u2019s cognitive, physical, emotional, motor, personality and social <a href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/definition-of-growth-and-development\/\">development<\/a>. The major focus of the developmental psychologists are children and adolescents. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt;\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Educational_Psychology\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">5.       Educational Psychology<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Is an applied psychology which seeks to find solution to the problems associated with the teaching and learning in the classroom. It is a branch of psychology that attempts to find the fundamental laws of human behaviour and their applications to learning, Skinner (1953). <a href=\"https:\/\/motivemeaning.blogspot.com\/2022\/03\/educational-psychology.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Educational psychology<\/a> is concerned with the curriculum planning, teacher-training and instruction design. It helps the learners and the teachers to optimally benefit in teaching-learning activities. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt;\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6_Industrial_PsychologyOrganizational_Psychology\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">6.       Industrial Psychology\/Organizational Psychology<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">This psychology is the sub-field that applies psychological knowledge to areas like personnel policies, working conditions, production efficiency and decision-making. The psychologists in this field are concerned with the labour enhancement. They help industries or other establishments in personnel selection, training, leadership and management. <\/p>\n<p>Organizational psychology is closely related to industrial. It deals with team building, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/definition-of-growth-and-development\/\">development<\/a> of communication skills, goal setting or job designs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt; text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7_Sports_Psychology\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">7.       Sports Psychology<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">This is a sub-field of psychology that tries to apply skills and knowledge in psychology to promote the efficiency of sports men and women. The sports psychologists work to develop programmes of intervention that may assist sports men and women to cope and adjust well in their psychomotor domain.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt; text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8_Experimental_Psychology\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">8.        Experimental Psychology<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The major concern of the psychologists in this regard is to adopt scientific methods (experiment) in investigating how people react to stimuli, perceive the world around them, learn, respond and are motivated to action. It deals with the study of fundamental psychological processes such as sensation, learning, motivation, emotion and memory.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt; text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"9_Comparative_Psychology\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">9.       Comparative Psychology<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Comparative Psychologists make attempt to study the animals in order to compare the behaviour of different species. These set of psychologists investigate the abilities; needs and activities of different types of animals as compared with human beings.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt; text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"10_Genetics\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">10.              Genetics<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">This is the psychology\/ science of heredity, the science which deals with inherited attributes of an organism.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt; text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"11_Abnormal_Psychology\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">11.   Abnormal Psychology<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Deals with disruptive or behavioural disorder of individuals. The psychologists are interested in finding the causes of violent or behavioural problems or the treatment that can be adopted to tackle such emotional problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt; text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"12_Physiological_Psychology\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">12.   Physiological Psychology<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Examines the relationship between the bodily processes and behaviour. This branch of psychology assesses the functions of different parts of the brain, how hormones affect individual\u2019s behaviour and the physical processes involved in learning and emotions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"line-height: 115%; margin: 12pt 0cm 12pt 17pt; text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"13_Environmental_Psychology\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">13. 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