Utility of Psychology

Modern psychology does not stop at providing an intellectually logical explanation of behavior. It also guides how to understand human behavior and deal effectively with others. Psychology is utility in many fields such as psychology is utility in industry and business. Psychology is utility in the field of education. Apart from this, psychology is utility in the field of medicine. Psychology can be utilized in various fields as follows.

1. Understanding oneself:

By studying psychology one can understand oneself better. We can understand behavior properly if we have a proper scientific understanding of the causes of behavior and behavior. Knowledge of psychology is useful for a person to understand his strengths, limitations, temperament, IQ, aptitude, and aptitude etc.

2. Recognizing the behavior of others:

Just as we can know ourselves well through the study of psychology, we can also predict how a person will behave in any given situation by understanding the behavior of others. Studying psychology is useful if we want to know why other people treat us in certain ways.  

3. In recognizing the behavior of others:

 From the purpose of studying the behavior of the person working in the industry (Human behavior at work), a branch called industrial psychology has developed.  Psychology provides useful guidance in matters such as employee selection, recruitment, working hours, rest, factors affecting performance, accident prevention, job satisfaction, industrial conflict, industrial relations, management development and training, etc.

Apart from this, in the field of business, psychology contributes to introducing effective advertising techniques, in consumer research programs, to increase sales through effective advertising.

4. Education Sector: 

There is hardly any problem in the field of education which cannot be solved by psychology. Psychology provides practical guidance on measuring a child’s intelligence, planning studies according to intellectual level, effective learning and teaching activities and training, etc. Psychologists have made useful suggestions about how a school should be for the child’s mental health and development.

5. Healthcare Sector : 

Modern psychology is most widely used in the field of medicine. C.  T. According to Morgan’s classification, 36% of psychologists from the American Psychological Association are engaged in clinical practice and 11% in counseling. Psychology is more widely used in medicine than in any other field. While therapy treats patients suffering from mild and severe psychosis, counseling deals with the psychological problems of the common man.

6. use of psychology in other fields. :

As the practical aspect of psychology attracted special attention, the application of psychology in other fields of life also increased. It is widely used in the field of rehabilitation of offenders in the field of crime, in the field of criminal investigation, in determining the credibility of witness testimony, in determining the reliability of witness testimony, in the causes of criminal behavior, in the form of confessions of crime, and the field of rehabilitation of juvenile offenders. Psychology advises the selection of soldiers in war and army, the classification of soldiers, and maintaining the vitality of soldiers. Psychologists have made valuable contributions to the doctor-patient relationship and patient care in the medical field. In programs of social reform, knowledge of psychology is useful in solving marital problems. Psychology suggests various ways and means to influence others as well as to avoid undue influence of others.

In short, there is hardly any such field left in the modern age.  In which psychology has not been useful.  The usefulness of psychology is increasing day by day in all areas where human behavior is used.


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