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Applications of Psychology

ICSE · Class 12 · Psychology

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Topics in Applications of Psychology

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Clinical and Counselling Psychology

  • Applied psychology uses psychological methods to understand and solve human behavioural problems in real life.
  • A Clinical Psychologist has advanced training and uses therapeutic approaches for in-depth analysis of severe psychological problems.
  • A Counsellor has moderate training and deals with specific, defined problems without deep analysis.
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12 Areas of Counselling

  • 1. Child Counselling: Deals with learning difficulties, temper tantrums, conduct problems, lack of concentration, cognitive/perceptual/social development issues, emotional disturbances, child abuse.
  • 2. Parental or Family Counselling: Counsels parents and family members to resolve problematic family dynamics; often an extended part of child counselling; helps improve parent-child relationships.
  • 3. Academic and School Counselling: Addresses academic difficulties, relational problems with teachers/classmates, career issues, personal problems; school counsellors suggest improvements in curricul
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Advantages of Counselling

  • Advantages are divided into two levels: Personal Level and Social Level.
  • At Personal Level: Helps know oneself better (likes, dislikes, needs, aptitude, limitations); provides relief after venting problems; helps readjust values, beliefs and needs; reduces stress (physical
  • At Social Level: Individuals learn to adapt better with society, enriching it; counselling as crisis intervention addresses problems at a mild level (e.g., delinquency) before they become severe, prot
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Educational (School) Psychology

  • Educational Psychology is defined as the branch of psychology that studies the behaviour of the learner in relation to his educational needs and his environment.
  • It is the systematic study of learning experiences and achievements of an individual within the educational environment.
  • It enables the teacher to promote comprehensive development: intellectual, cognitive and socio-emotional development of the student.

Key Concepts

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