Prologue:

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• Prologue
• The Story of Psychology
• A Short History, But a Long Past

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Classification of Psychologists

• Practitioners
• Therapists, counselors ,and consultants
• Academic
• Teach in college/University setting
• Researchers
• Industry, business, and government

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Sub-fields in Psychology

• Clinical Psychologist
• Largest Group of practitioners
• Involved in the diagnosis and treatment of
  disorders
• Duties include psychological testing,
  interviewing, and therapy
• Psychologist vs. Psychiatrist

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Sub-fields in Psychology

• Counseling psychologists
• Often work with clientele whose problems are of a
  moderate degree
• Many counseling psychologists specialize in
  marital or family counseling

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Sub-fields in Psychology

• School psychologists
• Concerned with social, intellectual, and
  emotional development of students
• Work with children, parents and teachers

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Sub-fields in Psychology

• Industrial/Organizational psychologists
• Work in business and industry
• Attempt to improve productivity
• May develop employee selection programs, work
  with advertisers, and study consumer behavior

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Sub-fields in Psychology

• Experimental psychologists
• Broad classification for laboratory researchers
• Work primarily in a specific area, such as
  memory, language, or animal behavior

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Sub-fields in Psychology

• Forensic psychologists
• Applies psychology to legal issues
• Examples
• Determine mental competence
• Provide expertise for insanity plea
• Decide parental competence for custody hearings

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Subfields in Psychology

• Psychiatry
• A branch of medicine dealing with psychological
  disorders
• Practiced by physicians who sometimes use medical
  (for example, drug) treatments as well as
  psychotherapy

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