Careers Flashcards
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psychologist
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A scientist who studies the mind and behavior of humans and animals
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psychiatry
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a branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional or behavioural disorders
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clinical psychologist
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- diagnoses and treats people with emotional disturbances
- private offices, mental hospitals, prisons and clinics
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counseling psychologist
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- helps people deal with problems of living
- schools or industrial firms
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developmental psychologist
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- studies emotional, cognitive, biological, personal and social changes that occur as an individual matures
- research facility and psychiatric instiutions
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educational psychologist
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- concerned with helping students
- school
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community psychologist
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- may work in a mental health or social welfare agency
- mental health or social welfare agency operated by the state or local government or by a private organization
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industrial/organizational psychologist
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- uses psychological concepts to make the workplace a more satisfying environment for employees and managers
- business firms and government agencies
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environmental psychologist
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- study the effects of the environment on people (effects of natural disasters, overcrowding, pollution of population)
- business settings or within the government
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psychobiologists
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- study the effect of drugs or try to explain behaviour in terms of biological factors like electrical and chemical activities in the nervous system
- research facility
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forensic psychologist
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- assist police by developing personality profiles of criminal offenders or help law enforcement officers understand problems like abuse
- legal, court, correctional systems
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health psychologist
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- study the interaction between physical and psychological health factors. may investigate how stress or depression leads to physical
- hospital
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experimental psychologist
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- studies sensation, perception, learning, motivation and emotion in controlled lab conditions
- research facilities, laboratories
