ShaTara Wilson
University of Phoenix
PSY490-Capstone
Stephanie Towns, M.S
December 23, 2013
The Diverse Nature of Psychology
As a modern science, psychology has quickly evolved into a distinct discipline. Psychology initially evolved from philosophy with Aristotle, Plato, as well as Descartes, among others. Psychology has progressed into various sub-disciplines as well as subtopics; however, the major concentration is the clinical study of individual and non-individual performance. Through this combining aspect, the sub-disciplines of industrial/organizational psychology, social psychology, behavioral psychology, cognitive psychology, ecological psychology, as well as educational psychology have cultivated …show more content…
Comprehending how individuals, recognize, interrelate and communicate to nature and its surroundings is the objective of environmental psychology (Veitch & Arkkelin, 1995). A particular subtopic is the adaptation-level philosophy, which established on the belief that the environment is a stimulus and individuals respond in accordance with this stimulus to reach the balance. Environmental-stress philosophy is another subtopic which says that environmental component creates a pressure response inside the person and the person then responds with coping techniques (Veitch & Arkkelin, 1995). Coping techniques includes physiological alterations and environment alterations which are comparable to the adaptation-level …show more content…
Therefore, individuals understand, hear, and see things different from other individuals; they process and input information differently. However, these individuals are rather successful and intelligent they just need to be taught in a way that is specifically designed for them (Learning Disabilities and Disorders, n.d.).
The diversity of the discipline and its sub-disciplines performs well with my diverse theoretical Not only does diversity assist with diagnosis and treatment in scientific psychology; it can assist in a collection of other areas like environmental, industrial/organizational, social, and cross-cultural psychology. The distinctness of every person, every neighborhood, geographical settings, areas of the country, as well as the areas across the world needs a selection of solutions for deciphering problems.
In conclusion, diversity in psychology is relevant to the improvement of psychology as an
entire area and improvement to other non-physiological areas like environmental