What are some of the main topics within psychology?

Psychology has different approaches and sub-fields.

The approaches are:

Biological: How the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory experience; how genes combine with environment to influence individual differences.Evolutionary: How the natural selection of traits promoted the survival of genes.Psycho-dynamic: How behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts.Behavioral: How we learn observable responses.Cognitive: How we encode, process, store, and retrieve information.Humanistic: How we meet our needs for love and acceptance and achieve self-fulfillment.Socio-cultural: How behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures.

The sub-fields are:

Biological Psychology: Explores the links between brain and mind.Developmental: Studies changing abilities from womb to tomb.Cognitive: Experiments with how we perceive, think, and solve problems.Educational: Studies influences on teaching and learning.Personality: Investigates our persistent traits.Social: Explores how we view and affect one another.