What is Psychology :- 

Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behavior. Psychologists are actively involved in studying and understanding mental processes, brain functions, and behavior. The field of psychology is considered a "Hub Science" with strong connections to the medical sciences, social sciences, and education (Boyack, Klavans, & Borner, 2005).

At Ohio State, the Department of Psychology is organized into eight areas, working to investigate critical aspects of the brain and human behavior.

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Behavioral Neuroscience

  • Factors influencing plasticity of brain and behavior through development and into adulthood
  • Hippocampal biology and function
  • Stress and the brain
  • Neurogenesis and brain plasticity across the life span
  • Sex-related differences in brain function
  • Endocrine and immune regulation of brain and behavior
  • The neurobiology of cognitive control


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Clinical Psychology
  • The treatment of mood and personality disorders using cognitive behavioral therapies
  • Bio behavioral responses to cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • Testing and dissemination of psychological treatments for cancer patients
  • Psychological and behavioral adaptation to chronic health problems
  • Effects of exercise on psychological and cognitive functioning
  • Neuroplasticity in healthy aging and neurological disorders
  • Mindfulness and cognitive functioning in older adults.
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Cognitive Psychology

  • Experimental, brain imaging, and model-based approaches to perception, memory, decision making, action, and language
  • Modeling decision processing in memory, perception, numeracy.
  • How our visual systems create our stable perception of the world
  • Neuroimaging (fMRI) studies examining how we value and choose things
  • The creation of biologically plausible network models of human cognition
  • How we control our attention in complex tasks
  • How the auditory system solves the challenges of understanding spoken language




Decision Science

  • How cognitive, affective, and social processes influence judgment and choice
  • How numeracy (numeric ability) affects real-world decisions
  • How the brain represents subjective values and beliefs
  • The role of attitudes in numeric judgment and choice
  • How to improve self-control
  • How information is interpreted and integrated in decision making
  • Modeling decision making in aging and cognitive decline




Developmental Psychology
  • Learning and developmental change in cognition, behavior, and the brain
  • Genetic and environmental influences on brain and behavior
  • Development of memory, categorization, and reasoning
  • Development of numerical cognition and mathematical thinking
  • How children learn language and use it to understand their world
  • How children grow beyond the superficial in their social and moral understanding How children grow beyond the superficial in their social and moral understanding


Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
  • How to improve health and well-being in children and adults with intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and other neurodevelopmental disorders
  • How to best support family members of people with disabilities
  • How to impact the outcome and course of intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, and related neurodevelopmental disorders
  • How to develop psychological instruments that measure core and associated features of intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, and other neurodevelopmental disorders
  • How to treat behavior and emotional problems in children and adults who have intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, and related neurodevelopmental disorders

Quantitative Psychology

  • Developing, evaluating and applying new quantitative methods for the analysis of psychological data
  • The application of statistical models to real world problems
  • Bayesian models of human cognition .

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Social Psychology
  • Automatic and deliberative attitudes: Influences on information processing, judgment, and behavior
  • Increasing women’s participation in STEM disciplines
  • How motivations in social interactions shape relationships, beliefs, well-being, and health
  • What motivates social behavior
  • Effects of the immune system and common anti-inflammatory drugs (e.g. Tylenol) on emotions, decisions, and social behavior
  • How similarity in brain activity across people underlies similarity in thoughts, attitudes and beliefs







Mentioned below is a list of best psychology colleges in India:
  • Lady Shari Ram College.
  • St. Xavier's College.
  • Christ University.
  • Fergusson College.
  • K. J Somalia College of Arts and Commerce.
  • Jai Hind College.
  • Kamal Nehru College for Women.
  • 'Ki shin Chand Chellaram' College.