1. Applied Psychology

2. Applied psychology Basic Research: how it works
What situations are related to cheating?
What are the causes of teen pregnancy?
Applied Research: how to use it
How can we decrease disease spread?
How can we decrease teen pregnancy?

3. Apply psychology to a problem
1) What would you want to know from previous psychology research – what background information would be helpful? 2) Describe how at least 1 psychological principle (vocabulary terms/ theories/ findings) would relate to this problem. 3) How can you solve the problem?

4. Topics in psychology Research Methods & Ethics Brain and behavior
Sensation and Perception
Memory
Motivation and Emotion
Intelligence
States of Consciousness
Learning / Behavioral Psychology
Development
Psychological Disorders
Gender & Sexuality
Social Behavior

5. Industrial/organizational
What is related to employee satisfaction and production?
Organizational culture: dress, communication, power, hiring, firing, goals, conflicts, values, special occasions
Leadership styles
X: focusing on efficiency, quotas, schedules, “goading” work
Y: giving autonomy, responsibility, meeting people’s needs, challenging, “self-directed”

6. environmental How do our physical environments effect us?
How can we protect our natural environment?
Social dilemma: behavior with immediate rewards but bad long term
Group behavior

7. Human factors psychology
How can we apply what is known about human perception, motor skills, etc., to making products and environments useful?
Usability testing

8. APPLIED psychology Education Conflict Politics Business/Marketing
Community Health
Social Problems
Rehabilitation