Meaning and Objective of Applied Psychology in detail with examples.

1. Meaning of Applied Psychology
Dr. Rajesh Verma
Asst. Prof in Psychology
Govt. College Adampur, Hisar, Haryana

2. Meaning of Applied Psychology
Application of psychological principles and
laws in daily life.
Definition
According to Henry Elliot, "It is a branch
of psychology which seeks to apply to practical
problems and practical life the methods and
results of pure and especially experimental
psychology“.

3. Applied psychology is centered on the
principles of psychology and studies them for
practical applications in daily behaviour. It
studies abstract principles and laboratory-based
experiments of pure psychology from the
perspective of real
world results. This
science attempts to
confirm the
principles of
psychology to
achieve concrete results.

4. Basic or pure psychology seeks
deeper and subtle knowledge to
expand knowledge base and
experimentation while applied
psychology focuses on the application
of acquired knowledge in real life.

5. Objective
Applied psychology is related to the
practical side of human being where practical
problems of real life are explored and studied.
Along with this, it helps in making desirable
changes in human behavior. And also plays an
important role in solving problems related to day
to day behavior.

6. The purpose of applied psychology is
to describe, predict and control the various
activities of a person. As a result, the
person can intelligently and successfully
understand his life fully and interact with
surroundings (psychological, social and
natural). To help an individual to adjust to
the environment so that they may attain
the maximum productivity and self
satisfaction. In fact applied psychology is
the study of outcomes of other fields of
psychology.

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