1. Introduction to Psychology
Becoming Familiar
with the
Field of Psychology

2. Psychology Binder Class Requirement
1 Subject Notebook (70 pages) [college rule]
Pens/Pencils
Folder with 2 pockets
Four Major Sections/Areas of Psychology
States of Consciousness
Sensation and Perception
Personality
Abnormal Psychology

3. American Psychological Association (APA)
Fields of Psychology
47 Divisions in (page 3 of textbook)
53 in 2002
7 Major Fields
Developmental Psychology
Physiological Psychology
Experimental Psychology
Personality Psychology
Clinical and Counseling Psychology
Social Psychology
Industrial and organizational Psychology

4. Developmental Psychology
Mental growth from conception to death

5. Physiological Psychology
Behavior influenced by physical and chemical phenomena in the body

6. Experimental Psychology
Learning, perception, memory, motivation and other basic processes

7. Personality Psychology
Individual differences in traits/characteristics

8. Clinical/Counseling Psychology
Clinical – diagnosis, cause and treatment of psychological disorders
Counseling – “normal” problems of adjustment

9. The influence of people on one another
Social Psychology
The influence of people on one another

10. Occupational Psychology
Psychology applied to the workplace.
(training, in-service – looking to improve productivity)

11. Educational Psychology
Applying methods of learning, remembering and thinking to the school setting.
(train teachers, develop curriculum, identify and aid students with learning/emotional difficulties)

12. Science of Psychology Psychology:
Science of behavior and mental processes
Use of the Scientific Method
Collect data through careful, systematic observation
Explain what they have observed by developing theories
Make predictions based on those theories
Systematically test those predictions through additional observation and experiments to determine whether they are correct

13. Scientific Method Describe Understand Predict Control
All about Behavior!!!