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Aviation Psychology:

• Job-Concern is pilot performance and responsibility is to reduce flight crew error. He/She is responsible for the information that reaches a pilot, they prioritize important information. 

• Other Job Titles-Aerospace Experimental Psychologist, Aerospace Engineering Psychologist, and Human Factor Specialists.

 

Clinical Psychology

• Job-Treat patients with psychological problems. May act as therapists. 

• Work Fields-Hospitals, Community Health Centers, or Private Practice. 

 

Consumer Psychology

• Job-Describe, inflence, or explain consumer responses to products sold. Are educators and researchers on consumer purchases. 

 

Counseling Psychology

• Job-Focus is on people with adjustment problems. 

• Work Fields-Academic Settings, Community Mental Health Centers, or Private Practice. 

 

Developmental Psychology

• Job-Study develpoment over a lifespan. Focus can be on ine period of life. 

• Work Fields-Researchers, School Teachers, or Consultants. 

 

Educational Psychology

• Job-Concerned with the study of human learning and create techniques to help the learning process. 

 

Environmental Psychology

• Job-Concerned with the relationship between psychological processes and physical environments depending home environment, office environment, or regions. 

 

Experimental and Human Factors Psychology

• Job-Research the most basic areas of psychology and sometimes their research is conducted with animals. 

• Work Fields-Faculty Members at colleges and universities. 

 

Family Psychology

• Job-Conduct and design programs based in marriage; marriage preparation, enrichment, and parent-child relations. They also conduct research family and marriage based. 

• Work Fields-Medical Schools, Hospitals, Community Agencies, and in Private Practice. 

 

Forensic Psychology and Psychology with the Law

• Job-Legal issues from psychological perspective. 

• Work Fields-Law Schools, Research Organizations, Community Mental Health Agencies, and Correctional Institutions. 

 

Geropsychology/Psychology of Aging

• Job-Draw on Sociology, biology, and other disciplines as well as psychology to study the factors associated with adult development and aging. Usually are trained in a traditional graduate program, but focus is adult development and aging. 

• Work Fields-Academic settings, research centers, industry, health care organizations, mental health clinics, and agencies serving the elderly.

 

Health Psychology

• Job-concerned with psychology's contributions to the promotion and maintenance of good health and the prevention and treatment of illness.

• Work Fields-hospitals, medical schools, rehabilitation centers, public health agencies, and in private practice.

 

Industrial Organizational Psychology

• Job-Apply scientific principles in the workplace. 

 

Neuropsychology/Psychobiology

• Job-Investigate the relation between physical systems and behavior. 

• Work Fields-Conduct research, train others in the field, work in the neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatric, and pediatric units of hospitals, and in clinics.

 

Physiological Psychology

• Job-Study both very basic processes and more observable phenomena. They continue their education in clinical areas. 

 

Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology

• Job-Concerned with the methods and techniques used to acquire and apply psychological knowledge. 

• Work Fields-Colleges and Universities, Testing Companies, Private Research Firms, and Government Agencies.

 

Rehabilitation Psychology

• Job-Help people overcome both the psychological and situational barriers to effective functioning in the world. 

• Work Fields-Hospitals, Rehabilitation Centers, Medical Schhols, and in Government Rehabilitation Agencies. 

 

School Psychology

• Job-Involved in development of children in education. Often are consultants for specfic students between parents and administrators. 

 

Social Psychology

• Job-Studies how our beliefs, feelings, and behaviors are affected by others. 

• Work Fields-Faculty Staff, Hospitals, Federal Agencies, and Businesses. 

 

Sport Psychology

• Job-Assist coaches in working with athletes and committed to helping improve athlete motivation. 

 

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