PSY 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Pie Chart, Job Analysis

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

The enormous diversity of contemporary psychology as a scientific discipline is reflected in the following thumbnail descriptions of psychology"s specialty areas. Figure 1. 1 shows the percentage of recent doctoral students who specialized in these areas and the primary employment settings of psychologists. Specialty areas and employment settings the left pie chart shows the specialty areas of individuals who recently received their doctorates in psychology. The category other areas includes such specialty areas as health psychology, forensic psychology, and sports psychology. The right pie chart shows psychologists" primary place of employment. Biological psychology studies the relationship between psychological processes and the body"s physical systems, including the brain and the rest of the nervous system, the endocrine system, the immune system, and genetics. Clinical psychology studies the causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of different types of behavioral and emotional disorders, such as anxiety, mood, or eating disorders.