Psychology 1 - Subfields of Psychology

A psychologist who studies decision making behavior would likely be considered a...

• Developmental psychologist

• Personality psychologist

• Cognitive psychologist

• Memory psychologist

If a psychologist were studying how aggression tendencies change as one ages, going from school-aged kids through aggression they see in spouses, they would likely be considered a...

• Psychometric Psychologist

• Personality Psychologist

• Cognitive Psychologist

• Developmental Psychologist

A psychologist who works with the FBI to help interrogate suspects would most likely be considered a...

• Forensic psychologist

• Social psychologist

• Health psychologist

• Cognitive psychologist

A psychologist who would spend a good deal of their day working with brain scans, and maybe even pieces of brain tissue, would most likely be a...

• Clinical psychologist

• Neuropsychologist

• Forensic psychologist

• Health psychologist

If someone were a severe depressive patient, which of the following helping profession psychologists would be most likely to be assigned to them...

• Counseling psychologist

• Clinical psychologist

• Community psychologist

These types of psychologists are very busy right now, due to their study of health behaviors and the wold currently being involved in a pandemic response...

• Clinical psychologist

• Neuropsychologists

• Health psychologists

• Rehabilitation psychologists

Jeremy has just been in a car accident that's left him with severe brain trauma. A 22-year-old now has the mental capacity of a 5-year-old. What type of psychologist is most likely to be used to help Jeremy recover his lost function?

• Clinical psychologist

• Rehabilitation psychologist

• Psychiatrist

• Neuropsychologist

If I were to study the effects of masks on student's performance on a test, what kind of psychologist would I be...

• Developmental psychologist

• Cognitive psychologist

• School psychologist

• Psychometric psychologist

If Google were to hire a psychologist to determine how they could make their workplaces more appealing to employees, so that they enjoyed spending the day at their jobs, what psychologist have they likely hired?

• Personality psychologist

• Health psychologist

• Clinical psychologist

• Industrial-Organizational psychologist

Trisha is being studied by a psychologist who is trying to determine if her asthma (and anxiety which is caused by her asthma) is the result of being raised in an urban environment with a lot of air pollution. Trisha's psychologist is most likely a...

• Personality psychologist

• Clinical psychologist

• Environmental psychologist

• Developmental psychologist