PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Psychology Today, Job Satisfaction, Root Mean Square

• School: Memorial University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Michele Mercer

Document Summary

Therefore psychology = the study of the mind. Psychology today: three main branches of psychology: clinical and counselling psychology, academic psychology, applied psychology. Academic psychologists work as professors both teaching and doing research and applied psychologists work in schools, marketing rms, research institutions, etc. Only a little over 50% of psychologists are therapists. The other half of psychologists either work in academia or in applied settings. Branches (fields) of psychology: academic (basic research, academics. Psychologists in the academic basic research eld study pure science that increases psychology"s knowledge base. Psychologists in academics work as professors, both teaching and doing research. Basic research: sub elds: biological psychologists, developmental psychologists, cognitive psychologists, personality psychologists, social psychologists. Biological psychologists- explore the links between brain and mind. Developmental psychologists- study changing abilities from womb to tomb. Cognitive psychologists- study how we think, perceive, and solve problems. Social psychologists- explore how we view and affect one another.