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About Psychology
- Clinical psychology is the study of how psychological disorders
develop, their features, and how they may be assessed and treated, and of
general life adjustment. While clinical psychologists and psychiatrists do
similar work, a clinical psychologist has a graduate degree in psychology and a
psychiatrist has a medical degree with psychiatric residency training.
- Social psychology involves the study of behavior and how it
is affected by other people. This includes attitudes, group behavior, social
perception, relationships, and self-esteem.
- Developmental psychology is the study of how mind and
behavior develop from birth to adult. It is divided into two main areas: social
development and cognitive development.
- Cognitive psychology is the study of mental functioning,
information processing, perception and sensation, memory, reasoning and
intelligence, language, and motor control.
- Biological psychology studies the role of biology in
behavior, including how the brain and nervous system function and the importance
of genes in human behavior.
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