PSYC 2000 Chapter : Ch 1 Lecture 1 Outline Psych And Professions Pptx
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Psychiatrist goes to medical school and can always prescribe medication. Psychologist generally just gets a ph. d and can sometimes prescribe it. Developmental - examine how we change in the course of a lifetime (academic environment) Experimental - (academic setting) most subscripts of cognitive. *cognitive - study memory, language, and perceptions. good research background. Aristotles psychology: talks about the mind, difference between human and animals etc. Personality- study individual differences in persons personality. what extent does heredity influence personality. Comparative- study animals. (how they compare to humans) Medical doctors: what happens to the mind when something goes wrong. Psychology entered the realm of science about 130 years ago. German, physiologist attempting to apply scientific principles to the study of the human mind. Mind is made up of thoughts, experiences, emotions, and other basic elements. Could study the mind by objectively observing one"s own thoughts (objective introspection )
