PSYC 2000 Lecture : Psychology Notes 1 3
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Psychology"s biggest question: nature vs. nurture: nature nurture issue: the controversy over the relative contributions of biology and experience, long standing debate, for most things there is a component of both. Social: culture of bigness : plato nature, aristotle nurture all three then go to obesity, darwin, natural selection: nature selects traits that best enable the organism to survive and reproduce. Subfields of psychology: applied: industrial/organizational: studies and advise on behavior in the workplace (smaller field, counseling: helps people cope with academic, vocational, and marital challenges, clinical: study, assess, and treat people with psychological disorders. Psychiatrists: clinical psychologists: ph. d. ; assess and treat mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders using therapy go through grad school, psychiatrists: m. d. ; use drugs and psychotherapy to treat mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Can prescribe medication where as psychologists cannot prescribe any. Different types of psychologists and like what they do.
