subject: Psychology And Its Applications [print this page] Psychology is the science of mind and bodyPsychology is the science of mind and body. Though it is only hundred year old but its roots are based in philosophy. To understand psychology of human mind and to make it observable and predictable it was separated from philosophy and logic. In recent times psychology has gained tremendous importance in the modern developed world. Its application ranges from clinical to market research, in every aspect it is important to know and understand the human behaviour pattern in order to take action and plan strategies. Application psychology still being in a nascent stage has now attracted the required attention.
In the clinical psychology there are number of tests and questionnaire available online. An individual can download it or also buy images of the charts and diagrams. These personality tests help in understanding the individuals thinking pattern and personality patterns. There are career guiding tests which help students to decide their interest based field of work. Psychology through its applications has entered the new genre of industry through recruitments. Organisational psychology is playing a critical role in human resources. Understanding the working pattern, studying the employees at work and designing employees friendly work place are some of its applications. It also helps in improving the management and employee relations in order to obtain better production through higher efficiency.
Father of psychology Sigmund Freud whose interpretation of dreams is considered as a master piece was till recent times considered being the bench mark in diagnostic psychology, with time it has now given way to fresh perspectives from cognitive psychology. You can buy exclusive images of Wilhelm Wundt, John Watson, B.F. Skinner, G. Stanley and many other renowned psychologists who have contributed substantially to this field. Thus the rise of science and technology in the last century gave a push to the scientific temper in psychology giving birth to cognitive psychology. The main aim of which was to understand the human thinking pattern, problem solving ability, logic, rationality and adaptability. Its application is visible through artificial intelligence and increasing use of human friendly technology and gadgets. Cognitive psychology thus focuses on the process that undergoes, rather than searching for the motives behind an action.
Parallel to cognitive psychology was humanistic psychology whose motive was to understand things from humans perspective rather than seeing it as a subject of observation. It is possible to buy content regarding human psychology online with its updated version. Its application was seen after the infamous 26/11 attack on the US. It helped in understanding not only the people who were victims of the attacks but also what goes into making the fundamentalist into terrorist. National Geography and Discovery channels did to some extent portray the same through their shows.
The last decade was that of the positive psychology, which stresses on the happiness of the human being. It focuses n to understand how a person could be happy in his day to day life? For the changing lifestyle and adapting to it leads to stress and several psycho-somatic problems. These issues could be cured in the preliminary stage itself if the individual learns the art of living and decides to be happy. You can buy online news articles and keep yourself updated with the changes in positive psychology and thus become happy yourself too.
