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psych U1M3
Psychology Subfields
Term | Definition |
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Cognitive psychologist | Studies thought process and the way we encode, store, and retrieve info. |
Social psychologist | Studies interactions with others, such as how our beliefs, feelings, behaviors are affected by and influence other people. |
Experimental psychologist | Investigates variety of basic behavior processes in humans and other animals (motivation, learning) |
Developmental psychologist | Does research on age-related behavioral change and apply it to education or child care. |
Psychometric and Quantitative psychologist | (psychometric) Studies methods and techniques used to get psychological knowledge, such as a cognitive/personality test. (quantitative) Designs, analyzes, and interprets results of research. |
Educational psychologist | Studies psychological processes involved in learning, such as the relationship between learning and physical/social environments, and creates strategies to boost learning. |