AP Psyc - Module 10 Notes
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Psychology Notes - Grade 11
Module 10
Pages 93 - 109
Subfields in Psychology
⋆ There are dozens of fields in psychology such as…
● Studying animals’ brains
● Studying babies’ attention spans
● Researching data from social media
● Therapists
● A traveler visiting other countries to study and compare their culture
and behavior to that of their own country
● Psychology teachers
Basic and Applied Psychology
⋆ The shared goal of those who study psychology is to describe and explain
behavior and the mind underlying it
● Biological psychologists - study links between body and mind
● Developmental psychologists - study our changing abilities as we grow
● Cognitive psychologists - study the influences on your mind from
teaching and learning
● Educational psychologists - study influences on learning and teaching
● Personality psychologists - study our personalities
● Social psychologists - Study how we affect one another
- Psychometrics: A branch of psychology devoted to studying the measurements of our
abilities, attitudes, and traits
Main Subfields
↪ Basic Research Subfields
● Cognitive Psychologists
- Focuses on language, perception, attention, problem-solving,
memory, judgment, and decision-making
- May work as: a professor, corporate consultant, or human
factors specialist in an educational or business setting
● Developmental Psychologists
- Age-related behavioral changes
- May work as: an educational psychologist, school psychologist,
child psychologist, and gerontology
● Educational Psychologists
- Study psychological processes in learning
- May work as: working in the education department
● Experimental Psychologists
● Psychometric and Quantitative Psychologists
● Social Psychologists
↪ Applied Research Subfields
● Forensic Psychologists
● Environmental Psychologists
● Health Psychologists
● Industrial Organized (I/O) Psychologists
● Neuropsychologists
● Rehab Psychologists
● School Psychologists
● Sports Psychologists
↪ Applied Research Subfields
● Clinical Psychologists
● Community Psychologists
● Counseling Psychologists
