社會(huì)心理學(xué)是研究個(gè)體和群體的社會(huì)心理現(xiàn)象的心理學(xué)分支。個(gè)體社會(huì)心理現(xiàn)象指受他人和群體制約的個(gè)人的思想、感情和行為。

Development psychology?發(fā)展心理學(xué)

This branch of psychology looks at development throughout the lifespan, from childhood to adulthood. The scientific study of human development seeks to understand and explain how and why people change throughout life. This includes all aspects of human growth, including physical, emotional, intellectual, social, perceptual and personality development.

這一分支的心理學(xué)著眼于整個(gè)生命周期的發(fā)展，從童年到成年。這是一項(xiàng)對于人類發(fā)展的科學(xué)研究，旨在了解和解釋人們?nèi)绾魏蜑槭裁锤淖儯谡麄€(gè)生命的進(jìn)程中。這包括人類成長的各個(gè)方面，包括身體、情感、智力、社會(huì)、感性和個(gè)性的發(fā)展。

Physiological psychology生理心理學(xué)

Physiological?psychology?is concerned with the biological basis of behavior. It is also known as biological psychology,?biopsychology, or?psychobiology, and is closely related to?neuroscience. Physiological psychologists study the electrical and chemical functions and activities of the brain, and how they relate to a person's mental experience and behavior. This branch of psychology is an approach to psychological research, which is used to study many different psychological phenomena.

生理心理學(xué)關(guān)注行為的生物學(xué)基礎(chǔ)。它也被稱為生物心理學(xué)、生物心理學(xué)、心理生物學(xué)和神經(jīng)科學(xué)。心理學(xué)家在這一領(lǐng)域研究電子和化學(xué)功能與大腦的活動(dòng)，以及它們?nèi)绾闻c一個(gè)人的心理體驗(yàn)和行為相關(guān)。心理學(xué)的這一分支是通過生理研究為重心的方法，研究許多不同的心理現(xiàn)象。

Abnormal psychology反常心理學(xué)/變態(tài)心理學(xué)

Abnormal psychology is the area that looks at psychopathology and abnormal behavior. The term covers a broad range of disorders, from depression to obsession-compulsion to sexual deviation and many more. Counselors, clinical psychologists and psychotherapists often work directly in this field.

反常心理學(xué)這個(gè)領(lǐng)域，關(guān)注于心理和行為異常。這個(gè)術(shù)語涵蓋了廣泛的疾病、失調(diào)紊亂，包括抑郁癥、神經(jīng)失調(diào)、性歪曲等等等等等。輔導(dǎo)員、臨床心理學(xué)家、心理治療師常常工作在這一領(lǐng)域。

Education psychology教育心理學(xué)

Educational psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with schools, teaching psychology, educational issues and student concerns. Educational psychologists often study how students learn or work directly with students, parents, teachers and administrators to improve student outcomes.

教育心理學(xué)是學(xué)校、教學(xué)心理學(xué)、教育問題和學(xué)生關(guān)注的心理學(xué)的分支。教育心理學(xué)家經(jīng)常研究學(xué)生如何學(xué)習(xí)。通過直接與學(xué)生、家長、教師和管理人員的工作與交流，改善成果。

Behavioral Psychology行為心理學(xué)

Behavioral psychology, also known as behaviorism, is a theory of learning based upon the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning. While this branch of psychology dominated the field during the first part of the twentieth century, it became less prominent during the 1950s. However, behavioral techniques remain a mainstay in therapy, education and many other areas.

行為心理學(xué)，也被稱為行為主義，是基于“所有的行為都是通過條件作用學(xué)習(xí)”的理論。雖然它在20世紀(jì)50年代變得不那么突出，但是行為心理學(xué)仍然是治療，教育和許多其他領(lǐng)域的支柱。

Health psychology健康心理學(xué)

Health psychology is a specialty area that focuses on how biology, psychology, behavior and social factors influence health and illness. Other terms including medical psychology and behavioral medicine are sometimes used interchangeably with the term health psychology. The field of health psychology is focused on promoting health as well as the prevention and treatment of disease and illness.

健康心理學(xué)是一個(gè)專業(yè)領(lǐng)域，重點(diǎn)研究生物學(xué)、心理學(xué)、行為和社會(huì)因素對健康和疾病的影響。其他方面包括醫(yī)學(xué)心理學(xué)和行為醫(yī)學(xué),有時(shí)與健康心理學(xué)術(shù)語交替使用。健康心理學(xué)領(lǐng)域的重點(diǎn)是促進(jìn)健康，以及預(yù)防和治療疾病。

Alevel心理學(xué)需要大量的閱讀相關(guān)書籍，只是看課本是遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不夠的，擴(kuò)展書單:

1. Understanding Psychology by R.S Feldman.

2. Psychology by Baron.

3. Introduction to Psychology by Morgan & King.

4. Psychology by Ciccarelli (It is easily available online)

英國的心理學(xué)專業(yè)比較偏向理科，所以也會(huì)看的數(shù)學(xué)成績，不同專業(yè)方向也會(huì)要求化學(xué)和生物的成績。