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  2. List of branches of psychology - Wikipedia

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    Abnormal psychology; Analytical psychology; Animal psychology; Anomalistic psychology; Applied behavior analysis; Applied psychology; Asian psychology; Aviation ...

  3. List of credentials in psychology - Wikipedia

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    To use the title "psychologist," individuals must have graduated specifically from a psychology program and meet their state requirements and obtain a license to practice psychology. Doctor of Psychology (PsyD): Requires the student to create relevant and helpful research that contributes to the existing body of knowledge or scholarship in an area.

  4. List of psychologists - Wikipedia

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    Ernest "Mark" Mahone. George Mandler. Jean Matter Mandler. James G. March, cognitive organizational psychology. Abraham Maslow, (Maslow's hierarchy of needs) William Masters and Virginia Johnson, (Pioneered research into the nature of Human sexual response, diagnosis, treatment) Rollo May. Rufus May. Dan P. McAdams.

  5. Subfields of psychology - Wikipedia

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    Mathematical psychology is the subdiscipline that is concerned with the development of psychological theory in relation with mathematics and statistics. Basic topics in mathematical psychology include measurement theory and mathematical learning theory as well as the modeling and analysis of mental and motor processes.

  6. Psychology - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both conscious and unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feelings, and motives. Psychology is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between the natural and ...

  7. Clinical psychology - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Clinical psychology is an integration of human science, behavioral science, theory, and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically-based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Central to its practice are psychological assessment ...

  8. Behavioral neuroscience - Wikipedia

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    Behavioral neuroscience as a scientific discipline emerged from a variety of scientific and philosophical traditions in the 18th and 19th centuries. René Descartes proposed physical models to explain animal as well as human behavior. Descartes suggested that the pineal gland, a midline unpaired structure in the brain of many organisms, was the ...

  9. Psychologist - Wikipedia

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    Psychiatrist. psychotherapist. A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and interpretation of how individuals relate to each other and to their environments. [1]