CHS AP Psychology Unit 1: Science of Psychology Essential Task 1.2: Distinguish the different careers in psychology (clinical, counseling, developmental, educational, experimental, human factors, industrial- organizational, personality, and psychometric)

Clinical psychologists Clinical psychologists are concerned with diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders Split time between treatment and researching the cause of psychological disorders and the effectiveness of different types of psychotherapy and counseling. Career options include: – Clinical psychologists – Psychiatrists – Psychoanalysts CounselingClinical Counseling vs. Clinical Counseling psychologists Counseling psychologists deal with “normal” problems, such as stress caused by career change or marital problems Counseling psychologist’s focus more on the psychologically healthy individual where clinical focuses on individuals with serious mental illness (e.g. schizophrenia). Career options include: – Licensed social workers – Counseling psychologists About 50% of all Psychologists fall into these categories

Developmental Study of physical and mental growth from birth to old age study of changing abilities from womb to tomb Subfields –Child psychology –Adolescent psychology –Life-span psychology

Educational School Psychologist School Psychologist Psychological evaluations Consult with school personnel in relation to students’ learning, behavior, and environments They are trained to look at the effectiveness of academic programs, classroom agendas, and treatment interventions, which assists in the development of specific interventions.

Experimental Design research experiments May or may not have a direct impact on the treatment of patients Animal subjects Drug trials

Industrial Organizational Study of psychological principles in industry and business Examples –Selecting and training personnel –Productivity improvement –Optimizing working conditions –Managing the impact of automation on workers

Personality looks at the patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behavior that make a person unique. Study of how people differ from one another on traits such as – C onscientiousness – A – A greeableness – N – N euroticism – O – O penness – E – E xtraversion Administer personality tests such as the MMPI or the Myers Briggs

Psychometric the field of psychology concerned with the theory and technique of psychological measurement. Create psychological tests that are reliable and valid.