The broad scope of psychology makes it both interesting and demanding. Certain aspects of psychology strongly emphasize a natural science approach using experimentation and statistics, while others emphasize a humanistic, intuitive approach. Both approaches are part of the domain of psychology. With a strong emphasis on systematic observation, psychology strives to describe, predict, understand, and control behaviour and mental processes. With the use of surveys, naturalistic observations, case studies, clinical studies, correlational studies and experiments, psychologists develop theories and investigate the nature of behaviour.
Psychology encompasses many different and unique fields of study.
New research and ideas will change the way we view ourselves and each other. As a field, it continues to grow and develop each day with new subfields being created all the time. This dynamic nature is the very heart of psychology.