The document provides an overview of the field of psychology, including: 1) It discusses psychology as a science and outlines some of its foundational theories such as Darwin's theory of evolution. 2) It summarizes the history of psychology from the 19th century pioneers like Wundt and James to modern perspectives like behaviorism, psychoanalysis, and cognitive psychology. 3) It outlines several contemporary fields of specialization within psychology such as clinical, developmental, social, and cognitive psychology.

1. Copyright © 1999 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. The Science of Psychology The PowerPoint slides were developed by Mus Khairy (PhD), Stanford University at California. Educational ,Social Psychologists at German University at Cairo (GUC) unless otherwise noted on specific slides.