Areas of Psychological Science
The field of psychology is broad, containing many potential focuses.
At Texas Tech, primary focuses are broken out into Clinical Psychology and Counseling
Psychology, and the experimental areas of Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience, Human Factors, and Social Psychology.
Clinical Psychology
Clinical psychology focuses on understanding, preventing, and treating psychological distress and dysfunction.
Counseling Psychology
Counseling psychology focuses on working with people to better themselves, and understanding how this guidance is best achieved.
Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience
Cognition explores mental processes such as perception, memory, attention, and thinking.
Cognitive Neuroscience makes connections between cognition and the brain.
Human Factors Psychology
Human factors psychology explores the way people interact with devices and equipment, to better design such tools.
Social Psychology
Social psychology explores the way people experience, interact with, and are affected by their social environments.
Psychological Sciences
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kay.hill@ttu.edu