Ap Psychology Chapter 1 Study Guide

Chapter 1: Choosing a Major and a Career

A. Starting into the first chapter, the authors goes straight into the big question, “What is psychology?” and “What do psychologists do?”. Many people think psychology is just the study of the mind and using that study to help solve problems. Even though that answer is only partially correct, the authors goes into correcting those statements. They describe psychology as the scientific study of behavior that involves the way any human or animal does, feels, or thinks. When telling people that you are a psychology major, they always come back with the statement, “What can you do with that?”. Many individuals do not know how broad of a range the activities that involve psychology are. Psychology gives you the ability to take a career path and make it your own. It involves many different job titles at many different locations. Some of the paths include working in research, education, consoling, law, or service providing while working in locations such as government agencies, schools, businesses, hospitals, mental health clinics, and much more.

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Industrial psychology is sometimes referred to as personnel psychology. It studies how individuals work in a work setting. They conduct research to understand the factors that go into an individuals functioning in the workplace. Organizational psychology is very similar to industrial psychology. Industrial psychologists and organizational psychologists often share in similar jobs and responsibilities. The organizational psychologists works on developing systems to promote job satisfaction while industrial psychologists work with individuals on their personal performances and behaviors. Human factors psychology can also be referred to as engineering psychology. They are concerned with how people interact with their environments. They design specific work environments to increase working abilities for employee satisfaction, safety, and to help get rid of