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1 Psychology as a Profession
Chapter 1 Section 3

2 Psychologist vs. Psychiatrist
Studies mind and behavior of humans and animals Doctorate in Psychology CANNOT prescribe medication Psychiatrist Branch of medicine Deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders Medical doctor CAN prescribe medication

3 Fields of Psychology Clinical Counseling Developmental Educational
Community Industrial/Organizational Environmental Forensic Health Experimental

4 Clinical and Counseling
Diagnoses and treats people with emotional disturbances Work in private offices, mental hospitals, prisons, and clinics Counseling Helps people deal with problems of living Work in schools or industrial firms Help people adjust to challenges of life

5 Developmental and Educational
Study emotional, cognitive, biological, personal, and social changes Study children, elderly, and the process of dying Educational Concerned with helping students learn Intelligence, memory, problem solving, and motivation Evaluate teaching methods, devise tests, and develop new instructional devices

6 Community and Industrial/Organizational
May work in a mental health or social welfare agency Design, run, or evaluate a mental health clinic Industrial/Organizational Uses psychological concepts to make the workplace a more satisfying environment Indust. Develop methods to boost production, improve working conditions, etc. Org. study behavior of people in organizations

7 Environmental and Forensic
Study effects of environment on people Work in business settings or within the gov’t Effects of natural disasters, overcrowding, pollution, etc. Forensic Work in legal, court, and correctional systems Assist police Personality profiles Understand abuse

8 Health and Experimental
Study interaction between physical and psychological health factors Investigate how stress or depression leads to physical ailments Experimental Studies sensation, perception, learning, motivation, and emotion in controlled lab conditions Supply info and research used in psychology


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