Types of Psychologists Flashcards
Helps students who have problems that interfere with learning
School
Are concerned with theoretical issues that relate to learning, measurement of abilities, and child and adolescent development
Developmental
Studies the effect of personality traits on behavior
Personality
Generally helps people with adjustment problems
Clinical
Evaluates and helps people overcome various mental and emotional problems
Counseling
Studies the physical, emotional, cognitive, and social changes that occur during the life
span
Developmental
Looks at the influence of social factors on people’s behavior
Social
Conducts research into basic human processes to understand their effects on behavior
Experimental
Work in a school or college
School/Counseling
Be concerned with anxiety or aggression
Clinical/personality
Work in a hospital, prison, or university clinics
Clinical
CANNOT PERSCRIBE MEDICATIONS
Clinical
Help to prepare a standardized test
Educational
Helping students learn, course planning and instructional methods
Educational
Identify characteristics or traits and how they are developed. Origins of psychological problems anxiety, aggression, gender roles
Personality
Behavior in social situations: gender roles, attraction, conformity, poverty, discrimination, etc.
Social
Basic research (biological): functions of the nervous system, sensation, perception, learning, memory,thinking, and motivation
Experimental
Behavior of people in organizations. Improve working conditions and productivity. Consultants for hiring, training, promotions, job satisfaction
Industrial and Organizational
How people are influenced by their physical environment
Environmental
Explain and predict consumer behavior
Consumer
Competence of defendants to stand trial
Forensic
How behavior and mental processes are related to physical health
Health
