The Diverse Nature of Psychology ShaTara Wilson University of Phoenix PSY490-Capstone Stephanie Towns‚ M.S December 23‚ 2013 The Diverse Nature of Psychology As a modern science‚ psychology has quickly evolved into a distinct discipline. Psychology initially evolved from philosophy with Aristotle‚ Plato‚ as well as Descartes‚ among others. Psychology has progressed into various sub-disciplines as well as subtopics; however‚ the major concentration is the clinical study of individual and non-individual
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Being a psychologist is an outstanding career because psychologists learn to understand how their patients’ environment affect their collective behavior. There are multiple psychology subjects psychologists have to study such as depression‚ anxiety‚ and personality disorders. They help improve how the mind processes in particular situations everywhere and anywhere we go. In general‚ psychologists are concerned with how people absorb their surroundings. My goal is to become a psychologist and be able
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School Psychology deals with psychologists who work with children‚ parents‚ guardians‚ teachers‚ and administrators. The main goal is to diagnose and treat cognitive‚ social‚ and emotional issues that may be impacting the child’s learning experience or overall functioning in negative ways. The career I chose to research is a school psychologist‚ working with children in an academic setting preferably at an elementary level. Working as a school psychologist comes with many responsibilities‚
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Industrial psychology is often called personnel psychology‚ which is directly related to the field also known as organizational psychology. Usually industrial psychologists evaluate the differences between individual workers and also individual jobs. Organizational psychologists normally seek the understanding of how workers function in an organization and also the role of the organization in society. What is Organizational/ Industrial Psychology Organizational/ Industrial Psychology is the study
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I interviewed Rachel‚ who is a parent at Sonshine Preschool. She said that she heard about the program through family and friends who also had children that attend‚ or attended there. She chose this program for her daughter because she wanted a positive‚ Christian environment to immerse her child in. She also wanted her daughter to be socializing and learning with a variety of peers. She loves the low teacher to student ratios‚ and the consistent updates on progress and lesson plans‚ and how there
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Abnormal Psychology and Therapy PSY300 Shawna Aubuchon July 2‚ 2013 Abnormal Psychology and Therapy To distinguish psychology from other sciences and to explain how the human mind processes information‚ several schools of thought have emerged. Before the 1950s‚ psychologists used their own theories to diagnose psychiatric disorders. Now in its fourth edition‚ the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) uses a multiaxial system to diagnose mental illnesses (Kowalski
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Career summary: Pediatric Psychology I am interested in pediatric psychology because I love working with children and adolescence. Being an aunt to two little girls has inspired me to become a pediatric psychologist. I observe their behavior and wonder how their childhood experiences will shape their personality. Will the younger sister follow the steps of the older sister or will she strive to exert her own personality and do everything opposite of her older sister? Did listening to music in the
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Positive Psychology An Introduction Martin E. P. Seligman Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi A science of positive subjective experience‚ positive individual traits‚ and positive institutions promises to improve quali~. ’ of life and prevent the pathologies that arise when life is barren and meaningless. The exclusive focus on pathology that has dominated so much of our discipline results in a model of the human being lacking the positive features that make life worth living. Hope‚ wisdom‚ creativity‚ future
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University of Phoenix Material Introduction to Psychology Worksheet Complete each part with 100- to 200-word responses. The word count for individual questions may vary but your responses should total 500- to 800-words for the entire worksheet. Part I: Origins of Psychology Within the discipline of psychology‚ there are several perspectives used to describe‚ predict‚ and explain human behavior. Describe three major psychological perspectives and name at least one leading theorist for
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Abstract The interview can be regarded as a selection device that is adopted by almost every company (Lowry‚ 1994). Experts in this area would think a structured interview is more reliable and valid than an unstructured interview due to its consistency and standardization (McDaniel et al.‚ 1994). The situational interview is a typical structured interview. Compared to other conventional types of interviews‚ such as psychological interviews‚ job-related interviews and behavioural interviews‚ situational
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