List of basic psychology topics
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Psychology is an academic and applied field involving the scientific study of mental processes and behavior. Psychology also refers to the application of such knowledge to various spheres of human activity, including problems of individuals' daily lives and the treatment of mental illness. Neuropsychology studies the actual neural processes and how they relate to the mental effects they subjectively produce. Biological psychology is the scientific study of the biological bases of behavior and mental states.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to psychology:
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[edit] Essence of psychology
- Main article: Psychology
[edit] Branches of psychology
[edit] Subdisciplines of psychology
[edit] Research psychology |
[edit] Applied psychology |
[edit] Psychological schools
The most prominent schools are in bold.
[edit] History of psychology
- Main article: History of psychology
[edit] Basic psychology concepts
Adler, Alfred – Aggression – Alpha male – Amphetamine – Apathy – Attention – Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder – Attitude – Axon –
Bipolar disorder – Brain – Brain stem – Brain teaser – Brain trauma – Brain tumor
Central nervous system – Cerebral cortex – Child prodigy – Clinical depression – Cognitive psychology – Competition – Conscience – Cooperation – Corpus collosum – Criminal insanity –
Delusion – Depression – Deferred gratification – Distraction – Dream – Dreaming – Dream interpretation – Dyslexia –
Hallucination – Hyperactivity – Hypnotherapy – Hypnotism – Hypothalamus –
Id – Illusion – Inkblot test – Insanity – Intelligence – Intuition – IQ – IQ test –
Lie – Lie detector – Lobotomy –
Mania – Memory – Mental disability – Mental hospital – Mentality – Mental retardation –
Neuro-linguistic programming – Neuron – Nootropic –
Pain – Perception – Personality – PET – Phobia – Pineal gland – Pituitary gland – Positive Mental Attitude – Piaget, Jean – Procrastination – Prodigy – Psychedelic drug – Psychiatric ward – Psychiatry – Psychoanalysis – Psychometrics – Psychosis – Psychotherapy – Psychotropic –
REM – Rational Emotive Therapy –
Schizophrenia – Self-development– Self-help – Self-improvement – Self-management – Sense – Sensory perception – Shock treatment – Stimulus – Shulgin, Alexander – Sleep – Sleep disorder – Sleepwalking – Subvocalization – Suffering – Superego – Sexual dysfunctions –
Thalamus – Thinking – Thought – Torture –
[edit] Persons influential in the field of psychology
[edit] Leaders in psychology
[edit] Psychology lists
- Main article: List of psychology topics
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[edit] See also
- Psychology Library- Search Psychology articles by author's name, category and key word (Also Articles from the American Psychological Association)
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