Psychology Careers
This psychology professional can prescribe medication and is a medical doctor.
What is a Psychiatrist?
This part of the brain controls balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
This disorder involves extreme mood swings between emotional highs and lows.
What is bipolar disorder?
This disease is the most common cause of dementia in older adults.
What is Alzheimer’s disease?
This organ pumps blood throughout the body.
What is the heart?
This type of psychologist helps students with learning, behavior, and emotional challenges in schools.
What is a school psychologist?
This lobe of the brain is responsible for decision-making and problem-solving.
What is the frontal lobe?
This anxiety disorder involves intense fear in social situations.
What is social anxiety disorder?
This term describes a gradual loss of memory and thinking skills.
What is dementia?
These cells carry oxygen in the blood.
What are Red Blood Cells (RBC)?
This professional studies how people think, feel, and behave in the workplace.
What is an industrial-organizational psychologist?
This system controls your heart rate and breathing without you thinking about it.
What is the autonomic nervous system?
This disorder is characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts and behaviors.
What is obsessive-compulsive-disorder (OCD)?
This brain structure often shrinks in people with memory-related diseases.
What is the hippocampus?
This largest organ of the body protects you from germs and injury.
What is the skin?
This mental health professional often provides talk therapy but does not attend medical school.
What is a clinical-psychologist?
This “feel-good” neurotransmitter is linked to happiness and reward.
What is dopamine?
This disorder may develop after experiencing a traumatic event.
What is post-traumatic-stress-disorder (PTSD)?
This condition is caused by repeated head injuries and is common in contact sports.
What is chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)?
This long nerve runs from the brain down the back and controls many body functions.
What is the spinal cord?
This psychology career focuses on helping athletes improve performance and manage pressure.
What is a sports psychologist?
This part of the brain plays a major role in forming new memories.
What is the hippocampus?
This eating disorder involves restricting food intake and intense fear of gaining weight.
What is anorexia nervosa?
This term describes when cognitive decline is worse than normal aging but not severe enough to be dementia.
What is Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
These tiny gaps between neurons allow signals to pass using chemicals.
What are synapses?