What do these terms related to psychology mean?
What is the meaning of; and difference between these terms:
Psychology.
Psychotherapy.
Psychoanalysis.
Psychiatry.
Also, please explain these fields of psychology:
Applied psychology,
Clinical psychology,
Educational psychology,
Health psychology,
Industrial/Organizational psychology,
Reasearch psychology,
Abnormal psychology,
Psychopathology,
Biological psychology [?!?],
Neuroscience [is it a branch of psychology?],
Cognitive psychology,
Personality psychology,
Developmental psychology,
Social psychology.
Deep psychology.
Please guys, don’t give me dictionary meanings. I can do that myself. Explain each of these terms as if you are explaining them to a class. I want to understand them, rather that just know them.
Ps. If you are a professional in any of these fields, please mention that in the answer/source.
Alex said,
Wrote on September 4, 2010 @ 4:37 am
psychology – study of human/animal mental functions and behavior
psychotherapy – therapy meant to help an individual with problems in their life. personal counseling.
psychoanalysis – analysis of related psychological functions/behaviors
psychiatry – psychology + medicine. a psychiatrist is a psychologist who is also a doctor that can prescribe medicine to his/her patient.
a lot of what you mention can be searched at wikipedia. on a note of neuroscience, i believe it’s not a branch of psych, it’s the study of the brain itself (it’s a broad field like anything else). biological psychology is likely to be the relation between biology and the psychological functions and behaviors, like how certain hormones affect mood etc.