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16 Cards in this Set
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Experimental
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*Advanced scientific base of psychology
*Research basic human processes *6% |
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Clinical
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*Help people with psychological problems
*Work in private practice, hospitals, guidance centers, prisons *40% |
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School
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*Help students with problems that interfere with learning
*Assessment *2-3% |
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Social
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*Study behavior of individuals as part of a group
*Concerned with prejudice, conformity, aggression *2-3% |
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Psychiatrist
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*Medical doctors who specialize in treating mental disorders
*Can prescribe drugs |
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Educational
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*Research learning and teaching
*Work at departments of Education, District offices *2-3% |
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Counsel
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*Overlap with school and clinical psychologists
* Specific issues of adjustment *16% |
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Developmental
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*Study changes that occur over the lifespan
*Nature v.s. Nurture *5% |
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Industrial I-O
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*Develop programs for selecting training and promoting employees
*Promote good relations, improve moral |
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Environmental
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*Study how individuals are influenced by their physical surroundings
*Investigate the influence of temperature, noise and crowding |
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Psychoanalysis
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*Unconscious
*Dream *Fantasy *free association |
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Humanistic
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*Choosing own path
*potential *values, beliefs about a person |
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Congnitive
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*understanding how we acquire knowlege
*our brains are computers *learn how we solve our problems *Facts *data |
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Biological perspective
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*genetics
*hormones *measures activity in the dream *electrical activity in the brain |
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Behaviorism
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*observable and measurable
*Social interaction *emotions |
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Sociocultural
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*Study gender differences
*interactions among different cultures *Prejudice *cultural differences |
