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15 Cards in this Set
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In the early days, psychology was focused on
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psychological testing
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Impact of WW2
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increase in deman of clinicians
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Areas in Applied Psychology
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Clinical Psychology
Counseling Psychology School Psychology Industrial Organizational Psychology |
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Clinical Psychology
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relationships, severe mental illnesses
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Counseling Psychology
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adjustment problems, career counseling
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School Psychology
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improve curriculum, train teachers, work as mediators
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Industrial Organizational Psychology
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business, train emplyees, find most effective work method
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Cognitive is
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mental processes involved in acquiring knowledge.
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Jean Piaget
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focused on stages of chilhood development.
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Biological Perspective says
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Human and animal ehavior can be expalined in tersms of bodily structures and biochemical processes that influence an organisms behavior.
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research areas in psychology
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developemental psychology
social Experimental physiological cognitive personality psychometrics |
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Physiological deals with
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genetic factors, sensory, mind and body connection, hormonal effects
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Cognitive deals with
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higher mental processes, positive and negative thoughts
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Personality deals with
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consistency in behavior and character traits
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Psychometrics deals with
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assessment tests, reliability and variability of these measurements
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