Outline of psychology

Psychology is an academic and applied field involving the scientific study of mental processes and behavior. Psychology also refers to the application of such knowledge to various spheres of human activity, including problems of individuals' daily lives and the treatment of mental illness. Neuropsychology studies the actual neural processes and how they relate to the mental effects they subjectively produce. Biological psychology is the scientific study of the biological bases of behavior and mental states.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to psychology:

Essence of psychology

 * Main article: Psychology

Basic science (psychology)

 * Abnormal psychology
 * Behavioural genetics
 * Biological psychology
 * Cognitive psychology
 * Comparative psychology
 * Developmental psychology
 * Evolutionary psychology
 * Experimental psychology
 * Personality psychology
 * Social psychology

Applied psychology

 * Clinical psychology
 * Counseling psychology
 * Educational psychology
 * Health psychology
 * Human factors psychology
 * Industrial and organizational psychology
 * Occupational health psychology
 * Psychology and law
 * School psychology

Psychological schools
The most prominent schools are in bold.


 * Analytical psychology
 * Behaviorism (see also Radical behaviourism)
 * Cognitivism
 * Depth psychology
 * Descriptive psychology
 * Ecological systems theory
 * Ego psychology
 * Existential psychology
 * Functional psychology
 * Gestalt psychology


 * Humanistic psychology
 * Individual psychology
 * Phenomenological psychology
 * Psychoanalytic school, or psychoanalysis
 * Self (psychology)
 * Structuralism
 * Transactional analysis
 * Transpersonal psychology

History of psychology

 * Main article: History of psychology

Basic psychology concepts
Adler, Alfred– Aggression– Apathy– Attention– Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder– Attitude– Axon–

Bipolar disorder– Brain– Brain stem– Brain trauma– Brain tumor

Central nervous system– Cerebral cortex– Clinical depression– Cognitive psychology– Competition– Conscience– Cooperation– Corpus callosum– Criminal insanity–

Delusion– Depression– Deferred gratification– Development Dream– Dream interpretation–

Ego– Emotion–

Freud, Sigmund–

Game theory–

Hallucination– Hyperactivity– Hypnotherapy– Hypnotism– Hypothalamus–

Id– Illusion– Inkblot test– Insanity– Intelligence– Intuition– IQ– IQ test–

Jung, Carl–

Lie–

Mania– Memory– Mental disability– Mental hospital– Mental retardation–

Neuro-linguistic programming– Neuron– Nootropic–

Pain– Perception– Personality– Phobia– Pineal gland– Pituitary gland– Piaget, Jean– Procrastination– Psychedelic drug– Psychiatric ward– Psychiatry– Psychoanalysis– Psychometrics– Psychosis– Psychotherapy– Psychotropic–

REM– Rational Emotive Therapy–

Schizophrenia– Self-help– Self-improvement– Self-management– Sense– Sensory perception– Shock treatment– Stimulus– Sleep– Subvocalization – Superego– Sexual dysfunctions –

Thalamus– Thinking–

Visual cortex

Psychology lists

 * Main article: List of counseling topics
 * ''Main article: List of important publications in psychology
 * Main article: List of psychology topics