Psychology 2075 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Scientific Method, Empiricism, Doctor Of Education

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Clinical psychology counseling psychology education and school psychology industrial and organization psychology developmental psychology social psychology experimental psychology physiological psychology cognitive psychology personality psychometrics. Psychologists specialize when it comes to do research, because the discipline has become vast over the years and it is virtually impossible to research in all specialties. Different between clinical psychology and psychiatry is that clinical psychologists go to graduate school to earn one of several doctoral degrees (ph. d. , ed. d. , psy. d. ) Psychiatrists go to medical school to receive general training in medicine to earn a masters degree. Both have different ways to approach the treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatry- branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems and disorders. Clinical psychology takes a non medical approach to such problems. Three crucial ideas in the field of study for psychology: 1) psychology is empirical 2) Psychology is theoretically diverse, and 3) psychology evolved in a sociohistorical context.