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Types of Psychologists Flashcards

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Helps students who have problems that interfere with learning

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School

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Are concerned with theoretical issues that relate to learning, measurement of abilities, and child and adolescent development

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Developmental

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Studies the effect of personality traits on behavior

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Personality

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Generally helps people with adjustment problems

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Clinical

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Evaluates and helps people overcome various mental and emotional problems

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Counseling

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Studies the physical, emotional, cognitive, and social changes that occur during the life
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Developmental

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Looks at the influence of social factors on people’s behavior

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Social

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Conducts research into basic human processes to understand their effects on behavior

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Experimental

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Work in a school or college

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School/Counseling

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Be concerned with anxiety or aggression

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Clinical/personality

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Work in a hospital, prison, or university clinics

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Clinical

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CANNOT PERSCRIBE MEDICATIONS

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Clinical

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Help to prepare a standardized test

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Educational

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Helping students learn, course planning and instructional methods

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Educational

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Identify characteristics or traits and how they are developed. Origins of psychological problems anxiety, aggression, gender roles

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Personality

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Behavior in social situations: gender roles, attraction, conformity, poverty, discrimination, etc.

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Social

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Basic research (biological): functions of the nervous system, sensation, perception, learning, memory,thinking, and motivation

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Experimental

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Behavior of people in organizations. Improve working conditions and productivity. Consultants for hiring, training, promotions, job satisfaction

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Industrial and Organizational

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How people are influenced by their physical environment

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Environmental

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Explain and predict consumer behavior

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Consumer

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Competence of defendants to stand trial

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Forensic

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How behavior and mental processes are related to physical health

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Health

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