Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Heredity, Behaviorism, Sandra Bem

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Lynda Hutchinson

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Two movements: humanistic psychology (eg. carl rogers, feminist psychology ( eg. sandra bem) Feminist psychology: approach that analyzes the in uence of social inequalities on gender relations and on the behaviour of the two sexes. !2: this approach: recognized male bias in research methods, broadened research focus (eg. gender roles), questioned research used to justify lower status of disadvantaged groups. Applied psychology: nds practical uses for the knowledge gained from research some major nonclinical specialties in psychology: Experimental psychologist: research learning, motivation, emotion, sensation, and perception, physiology and condition. Educational psychologists: they search of was to improve education systems by studying and researching behaviour, and emotion, sensation, ect ect. Developmental psychologists: they study how people grow and change over time. Industrial/organization psychologists: study behaviour in the workplace (decision making, employee morale, working motivations, ect) Psychometric psychologists: they design and evaluate tests of mental abilities, aptitudes, interests and personality.