Introducing Psychology

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Introducing Psychology

• Mrs. Andrews Class

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What Is Psychology?

• The scientific study of behavior and mental
  processes.

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What Isnt Psychology?

• Exclusive focus on mental illness
• TV descriptions of mental illness
• Psychology as magic use psych on me
• Psychologist vs. Psychiatrist

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The Fields Of Psychology

• Developmental Psychology
• Neuroscience Physiological Psychology
• Experimental Psychology
• Personality Psychology
• Clinical Counseling Psychology
• Social Psychology
• Industrial Organizational Psychology
• Educational School Psych.

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Developmental Psychology

• Developmental psychologists study human mental
  and physical growth.
• Child psych. focus on infants and children
• Adolescent psych. focus on the teenage years
• Lifespan psych. focus on the adult years

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Physiological Psychology

• Physiological psychologist investigates the
  biological basis of human behavior
• Neuropsychologists- interested in the brain
  nervous system
• Psychobiologists- specialize in the bodys
  biochemistry
• Behavioral geneticists- investigate the impact of
  heredity on both normal and abnormal traits
  behaviors

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Experimental Psychology

• Conduct research on basic psychological processes

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Personality Psychology

• Personality psychologists study the differences
  among individuals in such traits as anxiety,
  sociability, self esteem, the need for
  achievement, and aggressiveness.

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Clinical Counseling Psychology

• Clinical psychologists are interested primarily
  in the diagnosis, cause, and treatment of
  psychological disorders
• Counseling psychologists are concerned primarily
  with normal problems of adjustment that most of
  us face.

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Social Psychology

• Social psychologists study how people influence
  one another

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Industrial Organizational Psychology

• I/O psychologists are concerned with such
  practical issues as selecting and training
  personnel, improving productivity and working
  conditions, etc.

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Educational School Psych.

• Study the processes of learning, remembering, and
  thinking and apply their knowledge to the
  training of teachers and curriculum design

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Other fields

• Rehabilitation Psych
• Sports Psych
• Forensic Psych
• Community Psych
• Peace Psych
• Environ. Psych

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Homework!!!

• Read (in text)
• Growth of Psychology
• Pages 13-23
• Take notes!!!!
• (LONG)