Psychology
Psychology is a science and a profession concerned with behavior. As a science, psychology is concerned with theories, principles, facts and methods as they relate to understanding, predicting, and influencing behavior of both humans and animals: how they perceive; how they learn and forget; how they think, fear, hate, and love; and how they develop their individualities or personalities. Psychology is both a biological and social science; it relates behavior to physiological and environmental conditions including social factors. As a profession, psychology involves the use of the theories, principles, facts, and methods of the science to assist individuals and groups in arriving at better solutions to psychological problems. Courses in psychology provide cultural background, supplement the training of students in many other fields concerned with people, and sometimes become the area of major study for those who plan occupations emphasizing human relations. Areas of study include brain-behavior relations, cognition, industrial and organizational psychology, community psychology, child and developmental psychology, personality and social psychology, ecological psychology, and clinical psychology with specializations in problems of children and families, and of adults.
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Please see the current IDS Handbook for additional information.
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