and treat mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.
Counseling psychologists help people adapt to change or make changes in their lifestyle.
Developmental psychologists study psychological development throughout the lifespan.
Educational psychologists focus on how effective teaching and learning take place.
Engineering psychologists and human factors psychologists promote the development and application of psychology to improve technology, consumer products, energy systems, communication and information, transportation, decision making, work settings, and living environments.
Forensic psychologists apply psychological principles to legal issues.
Health psychologists concentrate on biological, psychological, and social factors involved in health and illness.
Industrial/Organizational psychologists aim to improve productivity and the quality of work life by applying psychological principles and methods to the workplace.
Neuropsychologists explore the relationships between brain/nervous systems and behavior. Neuropsychologists are also called biological psychologists or biopsychologists, behavioral geneticists, physiological psychologists, and behavioral neuroscientists.
Personality psychologists focus on aspects of the individual such as traits, attitudes, and goals.
Psychometricians , sometimes called psychometric psychologists or measurement psychologists, focus on methods for acquiring and analyzing psychological data.
Rehabilitation psychologists help clients with mental retardation, developmental disabilities, and disabilities resulting from stroke or accidents adapt to their situations.
School psychologists assess and counsel students, consult with educators and parents, and perform behavioral intervention when necessary.
Social psychologists focus on how a person’s mental life and behavior are shaped by interactions with other people.
Sports psychologists help athletes refine their focus on competition goals, increase motivation, and deal with anxiety and fear of failure.
Review Questions
Directions : For each item, choose the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1 . Wilhelm Wundt and the structuralists studied questions still asked today primarily by
(A) behavioral psychologists
(B) cognitive psychologists
(C) psychodynamic psychologists
(D) humanistic psychologists
(E) sociocultural psychologists
2 . With which definition of psychology would John Watson and B. F. Skinner most agree?
(A) Psychology is the science of behavior.
(B) Psychology is the science of mental processes.
(C) Psychology is the science of behavior and mental processes.
(D) Psychology is the science of behavior and mental processes specific to contexts.
3 . The question “Is intelligence more influenced by heredity or experience?” deals with a big issue in psychology known as
(A) stability vs. change
(B) mind-body dualism
(C) rationality vs. irrationality
(D) structure vs. function
(E) nature vs. nurture
4 . If Aristotle and Locke, who both believed that what we know is acquired from experience, were alive today, they would best agree with the
(A) behavioral approach
(B) psychoanalytic approach
(C) humanistic approach
(D) biological approach
(E) psychodynamic approach
5 . Which psychological approach is most concerned with the importance of encoding, storing, and retrieving information?
(A) information technology
(B) behavioral approach
(C) psychodynamic approach
(D) biological approach
(E) cognitive approach
6 . Dr. Didden was hired by the TLC Company to help them retain their employees without lowering the firm’s profits. After TLC removed cubicles and permitted employees to decorate their workroom as recommended by Dr. Didden, the absentee rate declined and no employees left for jobs elsewhere. Dr. Didden is most likely to be
(A) a forensic psychologist
(B) an industrial/organizational psychologist
(C) a counseling psychologist
(D) a clinical
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