Vocabulary
A person highly trained in the methods, factual knowledge, and theories of psychology.
What is a psychologist?
Studies the relationship between behavior and health; uses psychological principles to promote health and prevent illness.
What is a Health Psychologist?
How many types of psychologists are there?
What is around 10?
Studies problems of crime and crime prevention, rehabillitation programs, prisons, and courtroom dynamics; selects candidates for police work.
What is forensic psychology?
A medical doctor with additional training in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders.
What is a psychiatrist?
Does psychological testing, referrals, and emotional and vocabulary counseling of students; detects and treats learning disabilities; improve classroom learning.
What is a School Psychologist?
Type of psychologist that most people think about?
What is counselor?
Studies the ways in which culture, subculture, and ethnic group membership affect behavior
What is cultural psychology?
A psychologist who specializes in the treatment of psychological and behavioral disturbances or who does research on such disturbances.
What is a clinical psychologist?
Does a psychologist need a license to offer therapy?
Yes
Are responsible for prescribing drugs for serious mental disorders
What is a psychiatrist?
Researches differences between males and females, the aquisition of gender identity, and the role of gender throughout life.
What is gender psychology?
A psychologist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disturbances.
What is a counseling psychologist?
They specialize in practical helping skills with problems with marriage or children in school.
What is a counselor?
Investigates classroom dynamics, teaching styles, and learning; develops educational tests, evaluates educational programs
What is educational psychology?
In research, an animal whose behavior is studied to derive principles that may apply to human behavior.
What is an animal model?
What is a psychologist's goal?
What is help those in need with the best methods possible?
Studies human thinking and information-processing abilities.
What is cognitive psychology?