Career/Types

Question 1

Biological

Answer 1

The relationship between the brain and the nervous system, and how biological factors affect behavior

Question 2

Clinical

Answer 2

Identifying causes of psychological disorders, and providing psychological treatments and prevent strategies

Question 3

Cognitive

Answer 3

Mental processes such as thinking, language, problem solving, and memory
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Question 4

Counseling

Answer 4

Helping people improve everyday functioning by providing productive and positive thinking and acting skills

Question 5

Developmental

Answer 5

Physical, social, and psychological changes that occur over a lifetime

Question 6

Educational

Answer 6

Research how people of all ages learn and how a proper educational environment can lead to improved learning

Question 7

Experimental

Answer 7

Research on psychological topics such as learning, emotion, memory, etc.

Question 8

Industrial-Organizational

Answer 8

Proper matching of employees with specific jobs; how to improve working conditions using psychological concepts

Question 9

Personality

Answer 9

Origins of personality and why and how people are alike and different through cognition, behavior, and sociocultural factors

Question 10

Psychometric

Answer 10

Develop and design tests to measure personality, intelligence, and other mental or behavioral abilities

Question 11

Social

Answer 11

How certain social and cultural settings affect thinking and behavior

Question 12

Positive

Answer 12

Research on human strengths and human flourishing; explores “positive motions, positive character traits, and enabling institutions.”