Psychology

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Preus Library classifies its print collection using the Library of Congress classification system.  The areas listed below are good places to browse and discover items that pertain to Psychology. There may be items of interest in the collection that are found outside of these call number ranges. Check the catalog to find call numbers for specific items.

                        Subclass BF

BF1-990                              Psychology

BF38-64                               Philosophy. Relation to other topics

BF173-175.5                        Psychoanalysis

BF176-176.5                        Psychological tests and testing

BF180-198.7                        Experimental psychology

BF203                                  Gestalt psychology

BF207-209                           Psychotropic drugs and other substances

BF231-299                           Sensation. Aesthesiology

BF309-499                           Consciousness. Cognition

BF501-505                           Motivation

BF511-593                           Affection. Feeling. Emotion

BF608-635                           Will. Volition. Choice. Control

BF636-637                           Applied psychology

BF638-648                           New Thought. Menticulture, etc.

BF660-685                           Comparative psychology. Animal and human psychology

BF692-692.5                        Psychology of sex. Sexual behavior

BF697-697.5                        Differential psychology. Individuality. Self

BF698-698.9                        Personality

BF699-711                           Genetic psychology

BF712-724.85                      Developmental psychology

BF725-727                           Class psychology

BF795-839                          Temperament. Character

BF839.8-885                        Physiognomy. Phrenology