Domains in Psychology

Physiological causes of behavior. Examine the relationship of the brain and nervous system with behavior and related areas (cognitive processes and emotions)

• Biological Domain

• Clinical Domain

• Cognitive Domain

• Counseling Domain

• Developmental Domain

How students learn. Effectiveness of particular teaching techniques. Social psychology of schools. The psychology of teaching

• Educational Domain

• Experimental Domain

• Industrial-Organizational Domain

• Personality Domain

• Social Domain

Analyzing, Identifying, Treating, Preventing, Mental disorders and issues

• Biological Domain

• Clinical Domain

• Cognitive Domain

• Counseling Domain

• Developmental Domain

Study the human thought process. Examine how people process and store info. Language, decision-making, deductive reasoning, problem-solving

• Biological Domain

• Clinical Domain

• Cognitive Domain

• Counseling Domain

• Developmental Domain

Focus on the emotional, social, educational, and developmental behavior of people. Use research to encourage and facilitate successful personal and interpersonal behavior

• Biological Domain

• Clinical Domain

• Cognitive Domain

• Counseling Domain

• Developmental Domain

Study and understand human social and emotional growth over the course of time

• Biological Domain

• Clinical Domain

• Cognitive Domain

• Counseling Domain

• Developmental Domain

Concerned with the scientific investigation of basic psychological processes. Learning, memory, cognition in humans and animals

• Educational Domain

• Experimental Domain

• Industrial-Organizational Domain

• Personality Domain

• Social Domain

Application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces

• Educational Domain

• Experimental Domain

• Industrial-Organizational Domain

• Personality Domain

• Social Domain

Study of an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting

• Educational Domain

• Experimental Domain

• Industrial-Organizational Domain

• Personality Domain

• Social Domain

Scientific study of how we think about, influence, relate to one another

• Educational Domain

• Experimental Domain

• Industrial-Organizational Domain

• Personality Domain

• Social Domain