Roles Of Psychologists Flashcards
Clinical psychologist?
Treatment of abnormal and psychological behaviour
Sports Psychologist?
A person who works with athletes (focusing on motivation etc)
Organisational psychologist?
Study of human behaviour within the work force
Psychiatrist?
Medical practitioner, diagnosis of mental illnesses (able to prescribe medication)
Pseudo psychologies
A fake science, uses the handwriting of graphology
Hypothesis definition
An educated guess on what the outcome of the experiments results may be
Independent variable
A variable that doesn’t depend on another variable
Dependent variable definition
A variable that depends on that of another
Conclusion definition
Documented records of the end of an experiment concluded by evidence of research
Generalisation definition
A generalised statement or concept obtained by reference to specific cases
Empirical evidence
Information that is acquired by observation or experimentation
