PSYCHOLOGY

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PSYCHOLOGY

• Introduction to Psychology
• By
• Dr. Abdullah AL-ZAhrani

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Introduction to Psychology

• What is Psychology, and Why is it a science?
• What are the different branches of the field of
  psychology?
• Where do psychologists work?

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Definition of Psychology

• Psychology is the scientific study of behavior
  and mental processes.
• Psychology attempts to explain, predict, modify,
  and ultimately improve the lives of people and
  the world in which they live.

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The Branches of Psychology

• The major specialty areas in physical and mental
  health is that
• Clinical psychology which deals with the study,
  diagnosis and treatment of abnormal behavior.
• Health psychology explores the relationship
  between psychological factors and physical
  aliments or disease (e.g., stress can affect
  physical health).
• Counseling psychology which focuses primarily on
  educational, social and career adjustment
  problems.

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The Branches of Psychology

• Educational psychology is concerned with
  teaching and learning processes. For example,
  concerned with ways of understanding
  intelligence, developing better teaching
  techniques, and understanding teacher-student
  interaction.
• School psychology, in contrast, is the specialty
  area devoted to assessing children in elementary
  and secondary

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The Branches of Psychology

• schools who have academic or emotional problems
  and developing solution to teach problems.
• 6. Social psychology is the study of how peoples
  thoughts, feelings, and actions are affected by
  others. Social psychologists focus on such
  diverse topics as human aggression, liking and
  loving, persuasion, and conformity.

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The Branches of Psychology

• Developmental psychology, is the branch of
  psychology that studies how people grow and
  change from moment of conception through death.
• Personality psychology, attempts to explain both
  consistency and change in a persons behavior
  over time. Also, the individual traits that
  differentiate the behavior of one person from
  another when they confront the same situation.

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The Branches of Psychology

• What is psychology and why is it a science?
• - Although the definition of psychology- the
  scientific study of behavior and mental
  processes-is clear-cut, it is also deceptively
  simple, since behavior encompasses not just
  what people do, but their thoughts, feelings,
  perceptions, reasoning, memory, and biological
  activities.

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The Branches of Psychology

• What are the different branches of the field of
  psychology?
• - Psychology includes a number of major specialty
  areas. Biopsychologists focus on the biological
  basis of behavior. While experimental
  psychologists study the processes of sensing,
  perceiving, learning and thinking about the
  world. Cognitive psychology, considers the study
  of higher mental processes, including thinking,
  language, memory, problem solving, knowing,
  reasoning, judging, and decision making.