The experience of the pandemic and all that it has entailed has made many realise the importance of the subject of Psychology. However, Psychology is not a simple subject having grown over the last 100 years into a nuanced and diversified subject responding to and…

Health psychology is one of the rapidly growing fields and studies health related behavior, with a focus not only on the treatment of disease but also on its prevention. There have been so many accounts of people struggling to cope up with health issues during…

There is a growing need for School Psychology as it deals with students’ education and helps to sharpen their social, behavioral, emotional factors. Professionals in this field work with all stakeholders such as students, teachers, families, school and college administrators. It does seem as if…

Several sports today have, in several ways, become commercialised. Televising games to bring popular sport into living rooms has helped increase fan following, sponsorship and prize money. The pressure on players to consistently be on top of their game has become monumental but many cannot…

It is well understood that happy employees are more likely to give their best rather than disgruntled or stressed ones, leading to greater productivity and efficient functioning. This is where the skills of an industrial – organizational psychologist come into play. Scientifically studying and understanding…

Human Factors/ Engineering Psychology, overlaps with ergonomics and design as well as with several fields within the discipline of psychology. We don’t realise it but almost every aspect of our technology-driven lives is the result of extensive research and experimentation by engineering psychologists. “Engineering psychology…

The Oxford dictionary defines the word ‘forensic’ as “Relating to or denoting the application of scientific methods and techniques to the investigation of crime.” As the name suggests, Forensic Psychology is a marriage of psychology with criminology or vice versa, and sometimes comes under the…

This is an area of psychology that concentrates on people whose issues may not necessarily be linked to problems of mental health. Daily life throws up situations that sometimes benefit from objective guidance. It is “the applied branch of psychology that facilitates lifelong personal and…

“Behavioral neuroscience is the study of how the nervous system mediates behavioral effects in the realm of motivation, perception, learning and memory, and attention and motor performance. Research in this area investigates the complex interplay between the brain, behavior and environment, utilizing multiple levels of…

Clinical psychology in a generalized sense has been around for a long time. The importance of its applications and value in daily life situations has led to much research and advancement over the years. Although students may learn to identify the manifestations of mental illness,…