Psychology -- What is it like to study Psychology

What is it like to study Psychology

The key areas of psychology
Here is the details of what psychology will study, hoping these information can help the student who are interested in studying psychology.

The biological bases of behavior

	Biochemistry and electro-physiology of the central and autonomic nervous system
	The sense;
	How signals are coded in the brain;
	Psychological bases of ‘drives’ (hunger, thirst, sex);
	The emotions (anger, fear, aggression);
	Genetic origins of behaviors;
	Consciousness and sleep;
	The effects of drugs.

Learning and thinking

	Classical conditioning and instrumental learning;
	Long and short-term memory;
	Complex memory; human learning;
	Language; thinking and problem solving; the measurement of subjective experience.

Social psychology

	Mother-child interaction;
	Attraction between people; small groups and leadership; attitudes,
	Beliefs and prejudice;
	Conformity and obedience; how others influence our behaviors
	Peer group influence;
	Inter-group relations;
	Social behavior and communication in animals.

Individual differences

	The self and self-knowledge;
	Interligence;
	Personality;
	Anxiety and response to stress;
	Aptitudes and interests;
	Psychopathology;
	Subnormality and handicap;
	Addiction; delinquency; psychometrics and test construction.

Applied psychology

In order to make living more effective for people, the studies of applied psychology is required.

Basic knowledge which psychologists have acquired through scientific research is applied in a squality of life.ystematic way, by applied psychologists, to individuals and groups, in order to enhance the quality of life.