The Capacity of Psychology for the Life Style

In what follows, the author has studied the capacity ability and competence of psychology when used to analyze and explain the issues of life style. His method is to analyze the quality of the original literature and classic texts of psychology. The data of this research are: for description explanation prediction control and change of behaviors and examples of life style, we can use psychology of growth in different cycles of life, aspects and factors of growth; we can use psychology of personality in needs motives development of personality personal differences and theories of personality; we can use social psychology in attitude prejudgment interpersonal attraction aggressiveness and social influence; and lastly we can use bedside psychology in psychometric treating anxiety and mental pressure methods of amending behaviors and ways of psychotherapy. The conclusion is that we can and must make use of different branches of psychology in description and explanation of life style thus a better understanding of the issues of life style.