Psychology is the study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both conscious and unconscious phenomena...

Gestalt psychology, gestaltism, or configurationism is a school of psychology and a theory of perception that emphasises the processing of entire patterns...

Clinical psychology is an integration of human science, behavioral science, theory, and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing...

In the field of personality psychology, Machiavellianism (sometimes stylized as Mach) is the name of a personality trait characterized by interpersonal...

Forensic psychology is the practice of psychology applied to the law. Forensic psychology is the application of scientific knowledge and methods to help...

Social psychology is the scientific study of how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others...

Flow in positive psychology, also known colloquially as being in the zone, is the mental state in which a person performing some activity is fully immersed...

Educational psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of human learning. The study of learning processes, from both cognitive...

Developmental psychology is the scientific study of how and why humans grow, change, and adapt across the course of their lives. Originally concerned with...

Analytical psychology (German: Analytische Psychologie, sometimes translated as analytic psychology and referred to as Jungian analysis) is a term coined...

Evolutionary psychology is a theoretical approach in psychology that examines cognition and behavior from a modern evolutionary perspective. It seeks to...

Humanistic psychology is a psychological perspective that arose in the mid-20th century in answer to two theories: Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory...

Cognitive psychology is the scientific study of mental processes such as attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and...

In psychology, manipulation is defined as subterfuge designed to influence or control another, usually in a manner which facilitates one's personal aims...

Personality psychology is a branch of psychology that examines personality and its variation among individuals. It aims to show how people are individually...

Mitchell TW (1921). The Psychology of Medicine. London: Methuen. ISBN 978-0-8274-4240-5. Mitchell TW (2007) [1923]. Medical Psychology and Psychical Research...

In analytical psychology, the shadow (also known as ego-dystonic complex, repressed id, shadow aspect, or shadow archetype) is an unconscious aspect of...

A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior...

Sport psychology was defined by the European Federation of Sport Psychology (FEPSAC) in 1996, as the study of the psychological basis, processes, and...

Color psychology is the study of hues as a determinant of human behavior. Color influences perceptions that are not obvious, such as the taste of food...

Positive psychology studies the conditions that contribute to the optimal functioning of people, groups, and institutions. It studies "positive subjective...

Transpersonal psychology, or spiritual psychology, is an area of psychology that seeks to integrate the spiritual and transcendent aspects of the human...

change. Psychology Press. Haddock, Geoffrey; Maio, Gregory R. (2004). Contemporary Perspectives on the Psychology of Attitudes. New York: Psychology Press...

Crowd psychology (also mob psychology) is a branch of social psychology that deals with the ways in which the psychology of a crowd is different from the...

Affect, in psychology, refers to the underlying experience of feeling, emotion, attachment, or mood. In psychology, "affect" refers to the experience...

and polarized state of affairs". Heinz Kohut has emphasized in his self psychology the distinction between horizontal and vertical forms of splitting. Traditional...

Wilson himself calls "quantum psychology," which is not a field within academic psychology. Some[who?] consider Quantum Psychology a follow-up to Wilson's earlier...

Abnormal psychology is the branch of psychology that studies unusual patterns of behavior, emotion, and thought, which could possibly be understood as...

1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. He was a prolific author, illustrator, and correspondent, and a complex...

assessment, and conceptualization of this multifaceted construct". Clinical Psychology Review. 29 (2): 116–128. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2008.10.003. PMC 2832862. PMID 19128864...