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Discovering what psychology is

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What is psychology?   academic and applied discipline involving the systematic, and often scientific, study of human/animal mental functions and behavior  
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Who is the father of modern day psychology?   Sigmund Freud  
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What is one subfield of psychology?   Abnormal  
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What is one subfield of psychology?   Cognitive  
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What is forensic psychology?   Forensic psychology covers a broad range of practices including the clinical evaluations of defendants, reports to judges and attorneys, and courtroom testimony on given issues  
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What is educational psychology?   Educational psychology is the study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as organizations.  
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What is legal psychology?   Legal psychology is a research-oriented field populated with researchers from several different areas within psychology (although social and cognitive psychologists are typical).  
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What is occupational health psychology?   Occupational health psychology (OHP) is a discipline that emerged out of health psychology, industrial/organizational psychology, and occupational health.  
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What is quantitative psychology?   Quantitative psychology involves the application of mathematical and statistical modeling in psychological research, and the development of statistical methods for analyzing and explaining behavioral data.  
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What is school psychology?   School psychology combines principles from educational psychology and clinical psychology to understand and treat students with learning disabilities and otherwise to promote safe, supportive, and effective learning environments.  
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What is social psychology?   Social psychology is the study of social behavior and mental processes, with an emphasis on how humans think about each other and how they relate to each other. Social psychologists are especially interested in how people react to social situations.  
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What is personality psychology?   Personality psychology studies enduring patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion in individuals, commonly referred to as personality.  
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