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| Tyshaun Prince 5 for 5 3's against UNC |
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| Science that studies behavior and mental processes |
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| Goal of Psych (and other sciences_is to discover the laws or prinicples that govern the relations among onject being studied |
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| Laws enable prediction and (sometimes) control of the objects actions |
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| Psych is concerned with MORE than mental disorders |
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| Three Ways of doing Psych |
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1. Applied Psychological Specialties
2. Experimenal Psychologists
3. Teachers of Psychology |
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Tackle real world problems (about 65% of all PH.D. psychologists)
Ex: school psychologists, Clinical Psychologists
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| Applied Psychological Specialties |
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Conduct basic research
Ex. Cognitive psychologists, Physiological psychologists, Social spychologists |
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| Experimental Psychologists |
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Not the same as a psychiatrists
A psychiatrist is an M.D. (can perscribe medication)
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| Specializatoins leads to many phenomena being studied |
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1. Relationship between the brain and psychological phenomena
2. Automization (ex. the Stroop test)
3. Conformity
4. Eating Disorders
5. Forgetting |
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| A single phenomena can also be studied from different vantage points |
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