Psychometrics

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Psychometrics is a science that tries to measure educational and psychological levels of people and groups of people. Areas of people which are studied include intelligence, skills, and personality traits. The science is mainly a part of the science of psychology.

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History • Psychologist

Research	Affective • Biological • Clinical • Cognitive • Cognitive neuroscience • Comparative • Developmental • Emotion • Evolutionary • Experimental • Mathematical • Neuropsychology • Personality • Physiological • Positive • Psycholinguistics • Psychopathology • Psychophysics • Psychophysiology • Qualitative research • Quantitative research • Social

Applied	Assessment • Clinical • Counseling • Educational • Forensic • Health • Industrial/organizational • Legal • Occupational health • Psychometrics • Relationship counseling • School • Sport • Systems

Orientations	Analytical • Behaviorism • Cognitive behavioral therapy • Cognitivism • Descriptive • Existential therapy • Family therapy • Feminist therapy • Gestalt therapy • Humanistic • Narrative therapy • Psychoanalysis • Psychodynamic psychotherapy • Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy • Transpersonal

Eminent psychologists	B. F. Skinner • Jean Piaget • Sigmund Freud • Otto Rank • Albert Bandura • Leon Festinger • Carl Rogers • Stanley Schachter • Neal E. Miller • Edward Thorndike • Abraham Maslow • Gordon Allport • Erik Erikson • Hans Eysenck • William James • David McClelland • Albert Ellis • Raymond Cattell • John B. Watson • Kurt Lewin • Donald O. Hebb • George A. Miller • Clark L. Hull • Jerome Kagan • Carl Jung • Ivan Pavlov

Lists	Counseling topics • Important publications in psychology • Neurological disorders • Psychiatric medications by condition treated • Psychological research methods • Psychological schools • Psychologists • Psychology disciplines • Psychology organizations • Psychology topics • Psychotherapies • Timeline of psychology