The application of the principle of biology to the study of mental processes and behavior
Physiological Psychology
The study of neural mechanisms of perception and behavior through direct manipulation of the brains of nonhuman animal subjects in controlled experiments
Psychiatry
A branch of medicine which exists to study, prevent and treat mental disorders in human
Psychotherapy
The application of specialized psychological methods to the treatment of diagnosed mental disorders or to the problems of a person's daily adjustment
Psychotropics
A subfield of medicine that deals with the various pharmacological agents such as antidepressants, anti-anxiety, anti-manic, and antipsychotic agents utilized to affect behavior, mood and feelings
Psychosurgery
A branch of medicine which involves the surgical severing and chemical alterations of brain fibers with the purpose of modifying psychological distrurbances and other behavior aberrations
Social Psychology
Merged the discipline of Sociology and Anthropology
Psycholinguistics/Psychology of language
Study of psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, use and understand language
