First, personality psychology.
Personality psychology is a very important branch of psychology and a topic of great interest to college students. College students are at a turning point in their lives, and their personalities may change accordingly. Therefore, studying college students' personality characteristics and their changing rules is helpful to understand their mental health and personality development.
Second, social psychology.
Social psychology mainly studies the relationship between people and its influence, which is one of the hottest directions in the field of psychological application. During school, college students' study and life are in a social environment. Through the study of social psychology, we can understand the group behavior and social skills of college students and prepare for their future social interaction.
Third, developmental psychology.
Developmental psychology studies the changes and laws of people's psychological development from infancy to old age, and it is also an important branch of psychology. College students are the elite among young people. Studying the psychological and physiological changes of college students in this period and its influencing factors will help to provide more scientific psychological consultation and help for college students and enrich the research content of developmental psychology.
Fourthly, psychometrics.
Psychometrics mainly studies people's abilities and characteristics in all aspects, and carries out detection and measurement through scientific methods. With people's attention and attention to mental health, psychometrics plays an increasingly important role in college students' mental health. Therefore, by studying psychometrics, college students can understand their psychological characteristics and abilities and make reasonable personal benefits and promotion.
The application of psychology
I. Describe what happened
The first task of psychology is to observe behavior accurately. Psychologists generally refer to this observation as their data. Behavior data is an observation report about biological behavior and the environment when the behavior occurs. When researchers collect data, they must choose an appropriate level of analysis and design a method to measure behavior that can ensure objectivity.
Second, explain what happened.
Description must be faithful to perceptible information, while explanation carefully transcends observable phenomena. In many fields of psychology, the central goal is to find the laws of behavior and psychological process. Psychologists want to find out how behavior works.
Third, predict what will happen.
Prediction in psychology is a statement of the possibility of a specific behavior and the possibility of a specific relationship being discovered. An accurate explanation of the reasons hidden in specific behavior forms can often enable researchers to make accurate predictions about future behavior.
Fourth, control what happens.
Control is the core and the most inspiring goal. Control means making behavior happen or not-initiating it, maintaining it, stopping it, affecting its form, intensity or incidence. If the explanation of behavior causes can create conditions for controlling behavior, then this explanation is convincing.