Psychology is the study of behavior and mind, embracing all aspects of conscious and unconscious experience as well as thought.

It is an academic discipline and an applied science which seeks to understand individuals and groups by establishing general principles and researching specific cases.

Psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individual and social behavior, while also exploring the physiological and biological processes that underlie cognitive functions and behaviors.

The science of psychology plays the role of benefitting the society along with enhancing our lives. Psychologists examine the relationships between brain function and behavior, and the environment and behavior, applying what they learn to illuminate our understanding as well as enhance the world around us. As a psychologist you could contribute to a wide range of work including helping businesses, helping people improve their lives, promoting health, protecting the planet, serving communities, understanding the world around us and also working in schools.

• Teaching and Research
• Medical Industry
• Consultancy
• Clinical Research Labs.
• Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• Sports Psychology
• Agency/Community Counselling
• Educational Psychology

Delhi University, New Delhi

Course:  B.A. (Hons.) Psychology

Eligibility: 10+2 any Stream

Selection Process: Merit based

Fergusson College, Pune

Course: BA Psychology

Eligibility: 12^th with 50% marks with any Stream

Admission Mode: Marks Based

Punjab University, Chandigarh ( Affiliated Colleges )

Course: BA (Hons) Psychology (3 Subject Combination)

Eligibility:  10+2 with 60% marks

Admission Mode: Marks Based

Mumbai University, Mumbai

Course: B.A in Psychology

Eligibility: 10+2 with 60% Marks

Selection Process: Merit basis

Presidency college, Chennai

Course: B.Sc in Psychology

Selection Process: 10+2 marks + Interview

Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce

Course:  BA

Eligibility: 10+2 with any stream

Admission Mode: Marks Based

Christ University, Bangalore

Course:

• BA CEP-Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Communication and Media, English and Psychology
• BA JPEng-Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Journalism, Psychology, English
• BA PSEng-Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology, Sociology, English
• BA PSEco-Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology, Sociology, Economics
• BA PEP-Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Performing Arts, English, Psychology
• BA TEP-Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Theatre Studies, English and Psychology
• BA MPE-Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Music-Western Classical, Psychology, English

Eligibility: 10+2 with 50% marks in any stream

Admission Process: Skill Assessment + Personal interview + Academic Performance

• Amity Institute Of Psychology And Allied Sciences, Noida

Course: B.A Hons in Applied Psychology

Eligibility: 10+2 any Stream with 50% marks

Selection Process: 10+2 %+ English Essay +Interview Remarks

• Patience
• Sensitive and caring.
• Genuine interest in people.
• Ability to work with all kinds of social/ cultural and age groups
• Understanding their behaviour and have empathy for their problems.
• Ability to understand people of very different backgrounds and upbringing.
• Numeracy
• Ethics
• Research
• Problem solving

• Most colleges have eligibility criteria of minimum 60% aggregate marks in Class XII.
• Post-graduation require bachelors in any field or Psychology/Applied Psychology or/and related subjects.
• Most Colleges/Institutes provide admission on the basis of Class 12^th percentage/merit and interviews.

• Clinical Psychology
• School Psychology
• Forensic Psychology
• Development Psychology
• Social Psychology
• Personality Psychology
• Military Psychology
• Industrial organizational Psychology
• Counselling psychology
• Environmental Psychology
• Engineering Psychology
• Cognitive Psychology
• Sports Psychology

• Design and implement behavior modification programmes
• Identify psychological, emotional, or behavioral issues and diagnose disorders, using information obtained from interviews, tests, records, and reference materials
• Counsel individuals, groups, or families to help them understand problems, deal with crisis situations, define goals, and develop realistic action plans
• Develop therapeutic and treatment plans based on clients' interests, abilities, and needs
• Provide educational programmes on topics such as classroom management, teaching strategies, or parenting skills
• Conduct research studies of physical work environments, organizational structures, communication systems and group interactions to assess organizational functioning
• Formulate interview techniques, rating scales, and psychological tests used to assess skills, abilities, and interests.

Aaron Beck Psychiatry, Personality Psychology

Beck was born in Providence, Rhode Island his parents were Jewish immigrants to the US from Russia. He took his bachelor’s degree from Brown University, and received his MD from Yale Medical School. Beck’s work has centered on the diagnosis and treatment of depression, anxiety, and phobia disorders. He is undoubtedly best known as the person primarily responsible for the cognitive approach to therapy for depression, which in its modern form of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has become the gold standard for the clinical treatment of depression, with a much higher success rate than other types of psychotherapy. In working with his patients, Beck came to believe that it was their distorted view of reality-their inability to understand the objective causes and effects operating in the concrete situations facing them — that lay at the root of their psychological suffering. Beck is also widely known as the author of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), a self-reporting questionnaire designed to measure the severity of depression, which has been revised twice and is still widely used, but which also spawned a whole industry of similar inventories. Beck was also an important contributor to the theory of learned helplessness. Beck is one of the most highly esteemed and influential psychiatrists of the twentieth century.