| behaviouristic psychology | A branch of psychology that uses behavioural approaches such as desensitization and flooding in contrast to counseling and other psychodynamic approaches to the treatment of psychological disorders. See: behaviour therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| genetic psychology | A science dealing with the evolution of behaviour and the relation to each other of the different types of mental activity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gestalt psychology | The theory in psychology that the objects of mind come as complete forms or configurations which cannot be split into parts; e.g., a square is perceived as such rather than as four discrete lines. Origin: see gestalt (05 Mar 2000) |
| religion and psychology | The interrelationship of psychology and religion. (12 Dec 1998) |
| medical psychology | The branch of psychology concerned with the application of psychologic principles to the practice of medicine; the application of clinical psychology or clinical health psychology, usually in a hospital setting. (05 Mar 2000) |
| child psychology | The study of normal and abnormal behaviour of children. (12 Dec 1998) |
| clinical psychology | A branch of psychology that specialises in both discovering new knowledge and in applying the art and science of psychology to persons with emotional or behavioural disorders; subspecialties include clinical child psychology and paediatric psychology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cognitive psychology | <study> A branch of psychology that attempts to integrate into a whole the disparate knowledge from the subfields of perception, learning, memory, intelligence, and thinking. (05 Mar 2000) |
| community psychology | The application of psychology to community programs, e.g., in the schools, correctional and welfare systems, and community mental health centres. (05 Mar 2000) |
| comparative psychology | A branch of psychology concerned with the study and comparison of the behaviour of organisms at different levels of phylogenic development to discover developmental trends. (05 Mar 2000) |
| constitutional psychology | The psychology of the individual as related to body habitus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| counseling psychology | Psychology with emphasis on facilitating the normal development and growth of the individual in coping with important problems of everyday living, as initally contrasted with clinical psychology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| criminal psychology | The branch of psychology which investigates the psychology of crime with particular reference to the personality factors of the criminal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| handling (psychology) | Physical manipulation of animals and humans to induce a behavioural or other psychological reaction. In experimental psychology, the animal is handled to induce a stress situation or to study the effects of "gentling" or "mothering". (12 Dec 1998) |
| health psychology | The aggregate of the specific educational, scientific, and professional contributions of the discipline of psychology to the promotion and maintenance of health, the prevention and treatment of illness, the identification of aetiologic and diagnostic correlates of health, illness, and related dysfunction, and the analysis and improvement of the health care system. (05 Mar 2000) |