1. Bell Work
In your own words, what is psychology?

2. What do psychologists do?

3. Clinical Psych 39.9% of PhD in Psych are Clinical Psych. (1998)
Therapist.
Evaluate problems
Work on change
DO NOT PRESCRIBE MEDICATION!

4. Prescribes medication for psychological disorders.
Psychiatry
Prescribes medication for psychological disorders.
Works in a clinical setting.
listens to patient.

5. Developmental Psych. Study changes throughout life. Physical Emotional
Cognitive
Social

6. Personality Psych Identify characteristics/traits.
Find traits and study their development.
Origins of problems.
i.e. Gender Roles

7. Social Psych. Behavior in social situations.
External influence rather than internal
Women and men behave in a given setting.

8. Experimental Psych. Basic processes are focus. Perception
Biological changes
Psychological events.
Basic research – no implication, done for its own sake.

9. List of Others Industrial and Organizational Psych.
Environmental Psych.
Consumer Psych.
Forensic Psych.
Health Psych.
Educational Psych.

10. Famous Psychologists

11. Individually You will be assigned a psychologist. Your task:
Identify what is significant about your psychologist…
Describe what they are known for…
Describe their theory/experiment …

12. Example: Freud Best known for his work with personality.
Emphasized early childhood and the unconscious.
Developed the theory of the id, ego, and superego.
Heavily influenced dream interpretation.

13. Find a partner that has a different psychologist. Share your findings.
Wrap Up
Find a partner that has a different psychologist.
Share your findings.
Do not copy what the other wrote down.