Psychology is the study of mental processes and human behavior. Psychologists explore concepts such as perception, cognition, attention, emotion, motivation, brain functioning, personality, behavior, and interpersonal relationships. There are different types of psychology including clinical, health, sports, cognitive, educational, and social psychology. Psychologists study psychological disorders like anxiety, cognitive disorders, developmental disorders, dissociative disorders, eating disorders, impulse control disorders, mood disorders, personality disorders, psychotic disorders, sexual and gender identity disorders, and sleep disorders. Psychologists use psychological tests like the Myers-Briggs test, Rorschach test, MMPI, and Wechsler Intelligence Scale to assess personality, emotional functioning, mental illness,

1. Psychology

2. Definition
• The study of mental processes and
human behavior by observing,
interpreting, and recording how people
and other animals relate to one another
and the environment

3. Psychologists explore concepts
such as
• perception, cognition, attention, emotion,
motivation, brain functioning, personality,
behavior, and interpersonal relationships

4. Psychology v. Psychiatry
• Psychiatrists
– trained medical doctors
– can prescribe medication
• Psychologists
– focus on psychotherapy and treating
emotional/mental suffering in patients
– conduct psychological testing

5. Types of Psychology
Clinical Health Military
Sports Forensic Consumer
Cognitive Personality Global
Educational Social Occupational

6. Psychological Disorders
• Anxiety - excessive and abnormal fear, worry
– Social Anxiety, Post-traumatic stress, Separation Anxiety
• Cognitive - memory, problem solving and perception
– Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Amnesia
• Developmental - childhood disorders
– Mental retardation, Autism, ADHD, Learning disabilities
• Dissociative - interruption in aspects of consciousness, including
identity and memory
– Multiple Personality Disorder
• Eating - concerns with weight and disruptive eating patterns
– Anorexia and Bulimia
• Factitious - individual acts as if he or she has an illness
– Munchausen syndrome

7. Psychological Disorders
continued
• Impulse – control - inability to control impulses, resulting in harm to
oneself or others
– Kleptomania (stealing), Pyromania (fire-starting)
• Mental due to medication
• Mood – Bipolar
• Personality
– Antisocial, Narcissistic
• Psychotic - loss of contact with reality
– Schizophrenia, Delusional disorder
• Sexual and Gender Identity
– Erectile dysfunction
– Paraphilias
• Sleep - interruption in sleep patterns
– Narcolepsy, Insomnia

8. Psychological Tests
• Myer Briggs - most widely use personality assessment
• Rorschach Inkblot Test - analyze personality and
emotional functioning
• Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) -
used by mental health professionals to assess and
diagnose mental illness
• Wechsler Intelligence Scale - The test measures an
individual's cognitive ability, or intelligence quotient (IQ)