2.

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L E S S O N 1

BRANCHES OF PSYCHOLOGY

Reading

A. Before start reading D. Read through questions 1-4 and underline

Look at the text on page 2 the keywords. Then, read the article again
Look at the heading. sub-headings carefully and choose the answer (A, B or C)
and illustrations. What information which you think fits best according to the text.
do they give you?

B. This text is about different ways of 1. Why is psychology considered a

classifying psychology. Look at the multifaceted discipline?
different branches below.
A. It studies mind and behavior.
B. It is required to be able to specialize in a
particular area.
Organizational/
C. Each branch deals with specific
Occupational
psychological areas.
psychology

2. Despite having different branches, they

Forensic still share a common goal of...
psychology
A. studying and explaining human thought
and behavior.
B. increasing our knowledge base.
C. discovering new pathologies that harm
Clinical mental health.
psychology

3. Which of the following branches is not

mentioned in the text?
Neuropsychology A. Clinical psychology
B. Biopsychology
C. Social psychology

Cognitive
psychology
4. Mario works at a restaurant. He's in charge
of selecting the job candidates who are best
suited to serve customers. He's a(n)...
Social A. organizational psychologist.
psychology B. clinical psychologist.
C. experimental psychologist.

C. Read the text and match the fields

from B with the best description.
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A MULTIFACETED DISCIPLINE
Psychology is the scientific study of the
mind and behavior, according to the
American Psychological Association.
Psychology is a multifaceted discipline and
includes many sub-fields of study such
areas as human development, sports,
health, clinical, social behavior and
cognitive processes. It is an academic
discipline of immense scope. Psychologists
seek an understanding of the emergent
properties of brains, and all the variety of
phenomena linked to those emergent
properties, joining this way the broader
neuro-scientific group of researchers. As a
social science, it aims to understand
individuals and groups by establishing
general principles and researching specific
cases. In this field, a professional
practitioner or researcher is called a
psychologist and can be classified as a
social, behavioral, or cognitive scientist.
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.
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(3)____________: It involves applying
psychology to criminal investigation and
the law. Psychologists in this field practice
psychology as a science within the
criminal justice system and civil courts.
(4)____________: It looks at the structure
and function of the brain in relation to
behaviors and psychological
processes. It may be involved if a condition
involves lesions in the brain, and
assessments that involve recording
electrical activity in the brain.
(5)____________: Psychologists in this field
are involved in assessing and making
recommendations about the performance
of people at work and in training.
(6)____________: It uses scientific methods
to understand how social influences
impact human behavior. It seeks to explain
how feelings, behavior, and thoughts are
influenced by the actual, imagined or
implied presence of other people.

BRANCHES OF PSYCHOLOGY
(1)____________: It integrates science,
theory, and practice in order to
understand, predict and relieve problems
with adjustment, disability, and
discomfort. It promotes adaptation,
adjustment, and personal development. It
can help us to understand, prevent, and
alleviate psychologically-caused distress or
Figure 1. Edu, L. (2023). Branches of Psychology
dysfunction, and promote an individual’s https://leverageedu.com/blog/branches-of-psychology/

well-being and personal development

(2)____________: It investigates internal

mental processes, such as problem-solving,
memory, learning, and language. It looks at
how people think, perceive, communicate,
remember, and learn. It is closely related
to neuroscience, philosophy, and
linguistics
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 Speaking
2.1 A B

Vocabulary

Brain Clinical Psychology D

C
a Cognitive Multifaceted Neuro

Social Forensic Occupational

1. About words in the box a:

1.1 What is the connection between all of
them?
1.2 What are the words that are not
compatible with the others?
1.3 Can you identify matches between the
words from the text? Mention 2
Predict Criminal
3 . LOOK AT THE PHOTOS AND THINK
ABOUT...
Do you think that one branch of
psychology is more important than
the others? Why?
What is the difference between
clinical psychology and educational
psychology?

b
Why do you think people need to
Justice Development have mental health?

Court Adjustment
4. READ TEXTS 1-4 AND MATCH THEM TO
2. About words in the box b: ILLUSTRATIONS A-D

2.1 Which words have a relation with clinical

1. It deals with the diagnosis,
psychology?
2.2 Which words have a relation with assessment and treatment of mental
forensic psychology? illness for individuals and families.
2.3 Are there synonyms for those words? 2. It's the branch of psychology that
Mention it. looks into any issues that may be
related to school, teachers, students
and the education imparted.
3. It evaluates the risk of reoffending,
consults with law enforcement,
provides child custody evaluation
and carries out academic research on
criminality.
4. This branch of psychology studies
human behavior in organizations and
the workplace.

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Listening

Listen the next audio

about branches of
psychology and answer
the questions

BIOLOGICAL COGNITIVE ORGANIZATIONAL

PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY

SOCIAL FORENSIC CLINICAL

PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY

Audio part one

Follow listening the first part of the
Listen to the first part of the audio, audio, is introducing different
A. What does cognitive psychology do? B. branches of psychology.
Choose the best option.

a. Write a little definition of

Study the physiologic reactions( ) biopsychology
Connect biology with psychology( )
Focuses in how other people impact b. What is the difference between
on our behaviour( ) cognitive psychology and social
It is based on attention, thought psychology?
and memory. ( )

Audio part two

D. Match the following terms,
In the next audio, we can hear about make the correct relation.
Forensic and Organizational (you can match with more than one
Psychology. About this, answer. term)

How workplace
C. Complete the lines. relationships affect
lives on the job
Forensic psychology is based on the
relation to ____ and ____, however FORENSIC Have a critical relevance
PSYCHOLOGY
organizational psychology is the to individuals, businesses
relation between____ and ____. and society
Is the intersection
ORGANIZATIONAL between psychology and
PSYCHOLOGY law

Is the study of mental

process

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Grammar
2 . Match and complete according to the text of
"Conversation between psychologist and patient".
1 . Circle the adverbs of frequency

always
frequently usually
often rarely

__________ brings low

grades.
Marta _________ gets up early to

cook the breakfast.
_________ comes home late

from work.
Antonio
________ does his
homework.
________ comes home
late.

Conversation between psychologist and patient

Q: hello, how are you?

M: fine, thank you
Q: make yourself comfortable. what did you do
in the morning?
M: I woke up very early as always to cook
breakfast, then I went to work, I had a
conference and everything was fine.
Q: well, tell me, why are you coming here?
M: I'm worried about Antonio, my son.
P: tell me, what is your concern?
M: Antonio frequently brings low grades, rarely
does his homework and often comes home late.
Q: how long have you seen these problems in
your son?
M: When I was in my previous job he never
behaved like this; but when I changed jobs I
started to see some changes.
Q: How much time do you spend with your son?
M: I usually come home late after work and I
don't have time to spend with him.
Q: have you talked to your son about this
problem?
M: no, but when I try to talk to him he always
ignores me.
Q: I understand, so for the next session, I will
talk to your son.

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PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS
BRANCHES
Is common think that psychology it's only
the treat of pathologies of emotional type
or mental,but psychology is more than that.
if we look beyond of the obvious,we gonna
find that the psychology have many
branches,branches that study an specific
thing and commonly we dont know.For
example,we can talk about branches like
clinical,cognitive,forensic,organizational,so
cial and neuropsychology.
all of them specialize in a particular area of
Writing
2 . MATCH THE DEFINITIONS WITH HIS
BRANCHES
it looks at the structure and function of
the brain in relation to behaviors and
psychological ( )
diagnose and treat mental disorders ( )
looks for strategies to generate optimal
performance of workers individually and
in groups ( )

interest in psychology, in order to have a studies the mental processes involved in

better understanding of the area they deal our ability to reason and think, assimilate
with. It's thanks to this that psychology is new knowledge and solve problems ( )
considered a wide science.
investigate the way in which the presence
of other people (whether real or
1 . ANSWER THE QUESTIONS WITH YOUR imagined) affects the mental processes of
OWN WORDS
the individual ( )
A.What are the benefits of having different
branches in psychology? collects,analyzes and presents
psychological evidence that will be taken
into account in legal proceedings ( )

a.organizational psychology
b.social psychology
B.Do you consider that all branches of
c.clinical psychology
psychology deserve the same importance,
¿yes/no? ¿why? d.forensic psychology

e.neuropsychology

f.cognitive psychology

C.What was the branch of psychology that

generate you more interest?

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L E S S O N 2

BASIC AND APPLIED

PSYCHOLOGY
Reading
A. Work with a partner and explain the differences between images 1 and 2.
Then, read the article.

1 2

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Psychology is a large field that focuses on understanding human behaviour, thoughts,

and emotions. There are two main branches: basic psychology and applied psychology.
Each sub-discipline has particular areas of emphasis, research methods, and theories
that help distinguish them.

( ) Basic psychology supplies basic knowledge, concepts, and theories for applied
psychologists to use in their research and interventions; meanwhile, ( ) applied
psychology translates these theories into real-world settings where new findings can be
gained, and new approaches developed.
This reciprocity helps progress both fields of study so that advances in one lead to
advances in the other.
Basic psychology also provides a theoretical framework for applied psychology and helps
to ensure that applied psychologists use scientifically validated theories and methods in
their work.
For example, a clinical psychologist may use theories from cognitive psychology to
develop a therapy program for a patient with depression, and a social psychologist may
use theories from social cognition to help an organization improve its diversity and
inclusion policies.
While basic and applied psychology has unique goals and perspectives, they aim to
improve our understanding of human behaviour and help people and organizations
function better.
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https://onlydifferences.com/difference-between-basic-psychology-and-applied-psychology/#basic-psychology-vs-applied-
psychology

B. Read the text and match the fields with images 1 or 2 from A with the best
description in the text.

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Vocabulary
C. Read through questions 1-4 and underline
D. Complete the table with 3 words from
the keywords. Then, read the article again
the text per each category:
carefully and choose the answer (A, B or C)
which you think fits best according to the text.
NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE

1. Sonia is studying the effects of drugs on

cognitive processes in teenagers. She's understanding understand

A. contributing to applied psychology.

B. preparing herself for therapy.
C. expanding knowledge on the topic of
drug addiction.

2. According to text, applied and basic F. Find out the base word in each case.
psychology...

A. are contradictory fields.

B. complement each other.
C. were invented at the same time.

3. Which of the following statements does

not match with applied psychology?

A. It focuses on applying psychological knowledge

to solve problems.
B. Focuses on the understanding of basic
psychological processes and theories.
C. It includes clinical psychology, industrial-
organizational psychology, and educational
psychology.

4. Anya works at the hospital. She works

with children and uses Gestalt principles to
treat her patients. Her work an example of
____ psychology that uses methods of _____
psychology.

A. applied - basic
B. basic - applied
C. experimental - basic

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L E S S O N 3

PROCESS AND PERSON

APPROACHES

Reading

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 ANSWER KEY
LESSON 1

READING LISTENING

C
1. Clinical psychology
2. Cognitive psychology
3. Forensic psychology
4. Neuropsychology
5. Organizational/Occupational psychology
6. Social psychology

D
1. (C) Each branch deals with specific
GRAMMAR
psychological areas.
2. (A) studying and explaining human 1 . Circle the adverbs of frequency
thought and behavior. always
3. (B) Biopsychology
rarely
4. (A) organizational psychologist.
often
never

VOCABULARY usually
always
1.1 They are words from branches of
psychology.
1.2 Brain, multifaceted.
1.3 Social psychology, neuropsychology.

2.1 Predict, development, adjustment.

2.2 Justice, criminal, court.
2.3prognosticate, progress, adaptation,
honesty, offender, tribunal.
WRITING

SPEAKING
 ANSWER KEY
LESSON 2

READING LISTENING

C
1. (2) Basic psychology
2. (1) Applied psychology

D
1. (C) expanding knowledge on the topic of
drug addiction.
2. (B) complement each other.
3. (B) Focuses on the understanding of basic
psychological processes and theories.
GRAMMAR
4. (A) applied - basic

VOCABULARY

WRITING

SPEAKING
 REFERENCES
Roberts S (2021) Psychology and Branches of Psychology. J Rare Disorders
Diagnosis & Therapy. Vol. 7 No. 4: 2
The Editorial Team. (2023). Difference between Basic Psychology and Applied
Psychology. Onlydifferences.com. https://onlydifferences.com/difference-
between-basic-psychology-and-applied-psychology/#basic-psychology-vs-
applied-psychology