Basic psychology is concerned with understanding general characteristics of behavior and formulating theories and laws related to processes like learning and motivation. Applied psychology implements the findings of basic psychology in various settings to help people improve their behavior and function effectively. It relates to how general principles can be applied, for example in education, counseling, organizations, and clinical settings.

1. 5- FIELDS OF
PSYCHOLOGY
Basic and Applied

2. • Psychology studies the activities of individual. It studies his life
before birth, infancy, childhood adolescence to maturity and
adulthood, old age
• It studies differences in individuals
• Studies general laws of activities such as learning, motivation,
problem solving, emotion etc.
• Now every psychological process have become specialized field

3. Basic And Applied
• Every field of psychology whether chemistry, physics, history,
political science has these two approaches
• Philosophy- natural philosophy and Moral Philosophy
• Natural-concerned with understanding the natural element
around human being
• Moral- human nature, later added up human problems and
human behavior as well

4. Basic psychology
• It is concerned with understanding and explanation of behavior
in general and study of general characteristics in all living
organisms. It formulates theory and laws related to processes
like learning, motivation, emotion and other components of
behavior.
• E.g., developmental- role of heredity environment; Comparative
psychology- animals ; Social- drug abuse, impact of society;
Abnormal Psychology

5. Applied psychology
• The field of professional psychology grew after world war 2. it is
based on general laws and principles of psychology developed
by basic. Psychology had to develop methods and techniques to
help people improve their behavior, making them move
effectively and contributing to their own lives. Findings were
implemented in schools, hospitals, industries etc. It is basically
related to ‘how’.
• E.g., Education, Counseling, organizational, Clinical- diagnostic,
Applied Social Psychology