Psychology Flashcards

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Definition of psychology

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Psychologist is the scientific study of thoughts, feelings and behaviour

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Different types of psychologists and explain what they do

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Sport psychologist- focuses of enhancing sporting performance
Health- deals with health issues and diseases
Clinical- focuses on people with mental illness or behaviour disorders

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Difference between psychologists and psychiatrists

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Psychiatrists are a medical doctors who graduate from medical school and have a year of medical internship
Psychologists have a doctor degree in a area of psychology

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What is APS

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The APS refers australia physiology society

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What is pseudoscience

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collecting data known as the scientific method
Avoid jumping to conclusions
Report finding
Generate new idea

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Four goals of psychology

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Describe explain predict and influence someone’s behaviour

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