psychologists
Students of behavior
Psychologists are professionals who study the mind and behavior.
Clinical psychologists diagnose and treat mental health conditions through therapy rather than medication.
Other psychologists work in research, education, or organizational settings: The company hired psychologists to improve workplace dynamics.
Her psychologist helped her work through the grief.
Mental knowledge acquisition
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
problem-solving · decision-making · metacognition · schemas · heuristics · bias · categorization
Identification of illness
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- psychotherapyTreatment through guided conversation
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
DSM · psychopathology · intake · referral · client · patient · sessions · therapeutic
Founder of psychoanalysis
- JungAnalytical psychology founder
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- psychoanalysisTreatment via unconscious exploration
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
ego · id · superego · transference · archetypes
Learned behavioral adaptation
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- stimulusWhat prompts a reaction
response · operant · classical · behaviorism · Skinner · Pavlov · shaping · desensitization
Based on observation, not theory
- studyDeliberate learning effort
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- publicationIssued written material
- dataFacts for analysis
quantitative · qualitative · methodology · statistics · hypothesis · findings · journal · variables
Child cognition researcher
- EriksonPatronymic from Norse lands
- lifespanTotal existence duration
- stagesDistinct periods or platforms
- attachmentConnection or fondness
milestones · maturation · adolescence · aging · longitudinal · cross-sectional
Psychological measurement science
- testingExamining to evaluate
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- MMPIPsychiatric assessment questionnaire
- RorschachProjective personality assessment
neuropsychological · standardized · norming · validity · reliability · scoring · interpretation · battery
Sharing another's emotions
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- confidentialityQuality of protecting secrets
- transferenceRedirecting feelings to substitutes
- countertransferenceTherapist's emotional response to patient
boundaries · trust · nonjudgmental · reflection · insight · trauma-informed · person-centered · supportive
cognition
Mental knowledge acquisition
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- attentionFocused mental awareness
reasoning · problem-solving · decision-making · metacognition · schemas · heuristics · bias · categorization
diagnosis
Identification of illness
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- psychotherapyTreatment through guided conversation
- treatmentCare for an ailment
intervention · DSM · psychopathology · intake · referral · client · patient · sessions · therapeutic · licensing
Freud
Founder of psychoanalysis
- JungAnalytical psychology founder
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- psychoanalysisTreatment via unconscious exploration
repression · ego · id · superego · transference · archetypes
conditioning
Learned behavioral adaptation
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
stimulus · response · operant · classical · behaviorism · Skinner · Pavlov · shaping · desensitization · observable
empirical
Based on observation, not theory
- studyDeliberate learning effort
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- publicationIssued written material
data · quantitative · qualitative · methodology · statistics · hypothesis · findings · journal · variables · replication
Piaget
Child cognition researcher
- EriksonPatronymic from Norse lands
- lifespanTotal existence duration
- stagesDistinct periods or platforms
attachment · milestones · maturation · adolescence · aging · longitudinal · cross-sectional
psychometrics
Psychological measurement science
- testingExamining to evaluate
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- MMPIPsychiatric assessment questionnaire
Rorschach · neuropsychological · standardized · norming · validity · reliability · scoring · interpretation · battery · measures
empathy
Sharing another's emotions
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- confidentialityQuality of protecting secrets
- transferenceRedirecting feelings to substitutes
countertransference · boundaries · trust · nonjudgmental · reflection · insight · trauma-informed · person-centered · supportive · termination
- healthcare workersdoctor, nurse, surgeon, dentist, paramedic
- Licensed Occupationsdoctors, nurses, lawyers, dentists, pharmacists
- notable peoplepoliticians, artists, leaders, writers, scientists
- helpersnurse, helper, volunteer, aide, assistant
- mandatory reportersteachers, doctors, nurses, social workers, counselors
- healthcare regulationmedical boards, medical licensing, licensure, nursing board, regulatory bodies
psychologistspsychiatrists
Mental health physicians
faith healers · shamans · exorcists · neurosurgeons · pharmacologists
psychologistspsychics
Claimed mind readers
mystics · fortune tellers · astrologers · palm readers · faith healers
- school psychologistMental health professional in education
- child psychologistTherapist for young minds
- social psychologistScholar of interpersonal influence
- clinical psychologistMental health treatment specialist
- forensic psychologistMental health expert for courts
- sports psychologistTherapist for athletic performance