Intro to Psyc Flashcards
What is Psychology?
Psychology is the science that seeks to understand behaviour and mental processes and to apply that understanding in the service of human welfare.
What is Positive Psychology?
a field of research that focuses on people’s positive experiences and characteristics, such as happiness, optimism and resilience
What is a Biological Psychologists?
psychologists who analyse the biological factors influencing behaviour and mental processes; also called physiological psychologists
What is a Cognitive Psychologists?
psychologists who study the mental processes underlying judgement, decision making, problem solving, imagining and other aspects of human thought or cognition; also called experimental psychologists
What is Engineering Psychology?
a field in which psychologists study human factors in the use of equipment and help designers create better versions of that equipment
What is a Developmental Psychologist?
psychologists who seek to understand, describe and explore how behaviour and mental processes change over a lifetime
What is a Personality Psychologist?
psychologists who study the characteristics that make individuals similar to or different from one another
What are Clinical and Counselling Psychologists?
psychologists who seek to assess, understand and change abnormal behaviour
What is a Community Psychologist?
psychologists who work with communities and individuals to prevent psychological disorders by striving for change in social systems
What is a Health Psychologist?
psychologists who study the effects of behaviour and mental processes on health and illness, and vice versa.
What is a Educational Psychologist?
psychologists who study methods by which instructors teach and students learn, and who apply their results to improving those methods
What is a School Psychologist?
psychologists who work with teachers and students, assist in diagnosing students’ academic problems, provide counselling to students, and set up programs to improve students’ achievement
What is a Social Psychologist?
psychologists who study how people influence one another’s behaviour and mental processes, individually and in groups
What is a Organisational Psychologist?
psychologists who study ways to improve efficiency, productivity and satisfaction among workers and the organisations that employ them
What is a Sports Psychologist?
psychologists who explore the relationships between athletic performance and such psychological variables as motivation and emotion
