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The basic premise of applied psychology is the use of Psychological principles and theories to overcome practical problems in other fields, such as Business Management , Product Design , Ergonomics , Nutrition , and Clinical Medicine . Applied psychology includes the areas of industrial/organizational psychology, Human Factors , Forensic Psychology , as well as many other areas. ''Main articles: Industrial And Organizational Psychology , Forensic Psychology , Human Factors '' INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL Industrial And Organizational Psychology focuses to varying degrees on the psychology of the workforce, customer, and consumer, including issues such as the psychology of recruitment, selecting employees from an applicant pool which overall includes training, performance appraisal, job satisfaction, Work Behavior , Stress at work and Management . FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY Forensic Psychology is the area concerned with the application of psychological methods and principles to legal questions and issues. Most typically, this involves a clinical analysis of a particular individual and an assessment of some specific psycho-legal question. Forensic psychology refers to any application of psychological principles, methods or understanding to legal questions or issues. In addition to the applied practices, it also includes academic or empirical research on topics involving the relationship of law to human mental processes and behavior. HUMAN FACTORS Human Factors is the study of how cognitive and psychological processes affect our interaction with tools and objects in the environment. The goal of research in human factors is to hoadaccount the limitations and biases of human mental processes and behavior. SEE ALSO |
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