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 abbreviated as Mach) is the name of a personality trait characterized by interpersonal...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

Evolutionary psychology is the application of the principles and knowledge of evolutionary biology to psychological theory and research. In other words...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

Industrial and organizational psychology (I-O psychology) "focuses the lens of psychological science on a key aspect of human life, namely, their work...

In psychology and ethology, imprinting is any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that...

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...

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

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

In psychology and cognitive science, a schema (pl.: schemata or schemas) describes a pattern of thought or behavior that organizes categories of information...

psychology, legal psychology, school psychology, sports psychology, community psychology, neuropsychology, medical psychology and clinical psychology, evolutionary...

Experimental psychology refers to work done by those who apply experimental methods to psychological study and the underlying processes. Experimental psychologists...