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CM4-Anglais Modern Psychology Rollo May (1909-1994) Father of American Existential Psychology. Modern people frequently can’t make choices and can’t assume responsibility. But acquire freedom of action (expand self-awareness, assume responsibility for actions at expense of anxiety and terror).

Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) He proposed a hierarchy of human needs, from the lowest level of physiological needs to the highest level of selfactualization need. He studied individuals who exemplified self-actualization (fulfilment of the person), who used their talents and abilities to their fullest. Maslow became the leader of thee humanistic school of psychology that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s.

Health Psychology Studies psychological influences on how people stay healthy why they become sick and how they respond to sickness. Pain and management (how people manage their pain, become healthy quicker…). Consumer Psychology: Emerged in the 20e, studies the psychology of a person as a consumer. Consumer: when we buy a good and use it. Studies purchase behaviour and habits of individuals as consumers. Affect by some factors. Sports psychology: application of psychological principles to sports and exercises. Factors: motivation, personality, attention, anxiety… Industrial psychology: this branch particularly deals with labour force that work in factories. Organizational psychology: it deals with members of many organization. How human behaviour and psychology affect work and how people affect work and how people are affected by work. -

Industrial: describing job requirement Organizational Human factors: ergonomics, study of workers interact with tools of works, to optimize workers’ productivity, safety and health.

Cattell : psycho as legitimate scientific discipline Munsterberg: father of industrial psychology – could be used for industrial applications. Scott: adverting education, art of creating advertisements, improving its effectiveness. Yerkes: American Psychological Association. Development methods for screening and selecting enlisted men. Tests to measure mental abilities: The Army Alpha (written test  general intelligence)/ the Army beta (nonverbal test for illiterates, no English)....