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Psychology’s Subfields

Psychology’s Subfields. Objective: SW classify the various subfields in psychology including vocational applications such as counseling, industrial, clinical, experimental and educational psychology. What are psychology’s main subfields?. What do you picture when you think of a psychologist?.

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Psychology’s Subfields

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  1. Psychology’s Subfields Objective: SW classify the various subfields in psychology including vocational applications such as counseling, industrial, clinical, experimental and educational psychology

  2. What are psychology’s main subfields? What do you picture when you think of a psychologist?

  3. Psychology as a Meeting Ground • Brings together different disciplines • Biological experimentation to cultural comparisons • United by a common quest: • Describing and explaining behavior and the mind

  4. Psychology’s Subfields • Psychometrics: The scientific study of the measurement of human abilities, attitudes, and traits • Basic Research: Pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base • Developmental Psychology: The scientific study of physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span

  5. Psychology’s Subfield’s • Educational Psychology: The study of how psychological processes affect and can enhance teaching and learning • Personality Psychology: The study of an individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling and acting • Social Psychology: The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another

  6. Psychology’s Subfields • Applied Research: The scientific study that aims to solve practical problems • Industrial-Organization (I/O) Psychology: The application of psychology concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces

  7. Psychology’s Subfields • Human Factors Psychology: The study of how people and machines interact and the design of safe and easily used machines and environments

  8. Psychology as a Helping Profession • Counseling Psychology: Assists people with problems in living (often related to school, work, or marriage) and in achieving greater well-being • Clinical Psychology: Studies, assesses and treats people with psychological disorders • Psychiatry: A branch of medicine dealing with psychological disorders; practiced by physicians who often provide medical (for example, drug) treatments as well as psychological therapy

  9. Class Activity • Please divide in groups and write/discuss which careers fields you think would use psychology’s subfields • Which of psychology’s subfields would incorporate the scientific method into their jobs? Or would they at all?

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