PSYC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Developmental Psychology, School Psychology, Educational Psychologist
25 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Psychology Perspectives
● A lot depends on your viewpoint
● Eclectic means that you use several of the theories to describe behavior
Modern Schools of Thought
● Psychodynamic
● Cognitive
● Behavioral
● Biological
● Sociocultural
● Humanistic
● Evolutionary
Spotlight: Careers in Psychology
● Sports Psychology
○ Goal: Help professional and amateur athletes overcome problems, enhance their
performances and achieve their goals
○ Job Description
■ Enhance performance
■ Cope with the pressures of competition
■ Recover from injuries
■ Keep up an exercise program
■ Enjoying sports
○ Salary: $60,000 to $80,000 a year (universities)
■ Highest salaries can exceed $100,000 annually
Important Terms to Know
● Psychological needs are things like love, comfort, security
● Physical needs are things you have to have like food, water, sleep
● Pseudoscience — Greek for “False Science”
○ Examples: horoscopes, astrology, phrenology
● Phrenology — led scientists to study the bumps on the head to determine human behavior
Careers in Psychology
● Clinical psychologist vs psychiatrist
Clinical Psychologist
Psychiatrist
Need a doctorate graduate
Need a medical degree
May take 4-6 years to earn a doctorate
Treat psychological disorders with
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in a subfield
medically based treatments (ex:
prescription drugs)
Diagnose and treat patients with
psychological problems
Largest number of professional
psychologists
Specialty Areas in Psychology
● Clinical 48%
● Counseling 11%
● Experimental and other research areas 5%
● School 4%
● Industrial/Organizational 4%
● Social and personality 4%
● Developmental 3%
● Educational 2%
● Health 1%
● Nonprofit 10%
Where Do APA Psychologists Work?
● University/other 34%
● Private for-profit or business 22%
● Other educational setting 6%
● Self-employed 18%
● Government (federal and state) 10%
● Nonprofit 10%
Subfields in Psychology
● Developmental psychologist
● Forensic psychologist
● Social psychologist
● Clinical psychologist
● Personality psychologist
● Experimental psychologist
● Consumer psychologist
● Counseling psychologist
● School psychologist
● Health psychologist
● Neuropsychologist
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Document Summary
Eclectic means that you use several of the theories to describe behavior. Goal: help professional and amateur athletes overcome problems, enhance their performances and achieve their goals. Salary: ,000 to ,000 a year (universities) Psychological needs are things like love, comfort, security. Physical needs are things you have to have like food, water, sleep. Phrenology led scientists to study the bumps on the head to determine human behavior. May take 4-6 years to earn a doctorate treat psychological disorders with in a subfield medically based treatments (ex: prescription drugs) Research for the sake of finding new information and expanding the knowledge base of psychology. Explore how behaviors, feelings, and beliefs are influenced by others. Study conformity, attitudes, leadership, prejudice, group behavior, etc. Work in the business setting, government, and universities. The scientific study of how and why human beings developed over the course of their life.
