Careers in psychology
Rick is thinking about pursuing a doctoral degree in exercise and sport psychology. He is talking about this with one of his professors and asks whether he will need to get licensed. What should his professor tell him?
"if you practice, you'll need to be licensed; if you work in research, you won't need to be licensed"
Courtney is applying to graduate programs in exercise and sport psychology. She tells her advisor that her ultimate goal is to work in a sport rehabilitation facility or with an organization like the US Olympic Committee. What should her advisor tell her?
"those types of positions are rare for exercise and sport psychologists"
Why is getting research experience important for students who plan to apply to graduate programs and the research intensive subfields
1 most graduate programs in psychology's research intensive subfields consider research experience prior to graduate school a must 2. Research experiences lead students to be more informed about their choice to pursue a career in one of psychology's research intensive subfields 3. A strong record of research experience can be a good indicator of a students potential as a graduate student
Which of the following statements is true?
1/0 master's programs do not cover all of the areas that doctoral I/O programs do (e.g., consumer behavior, job development And compensation), nor do they provide the same depth of coverage as doctoral programs do
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In recent decades the divide between "industrial psychology" and "organizational psychology" has:
Decreased
Dr. Ramanih is an I/0 psychologist who has a faculty position in the school of business at a large university. Dr. Weibusch is an 1/0 psychologist who has a faculty position in the psychology department at a large university. Who is likely to have a higher salary?
Dr. Ramanih's salary will likely be higher
Who is most likely to consult with businesses that have education and training centers and companies that create educational materials?
Educational psychologists
Who is most likely to design and evaluate educational programs?
Educational psychologists
Dr. Kustermann is describing her graduate training at a meeting of Psi Chi students. She says that she was trained so that her research skills would be general enough to be applied to a variety of topics. Dr. Kustermann is most likely a(n):
Experimental research
According to APA's definition, exercise and sport psychology focuses exclusively on athletes.
False
Biopsychologists are not typically interested in how biological systems and behavior normally interact. Instead, they are typically interested in how interactions between biological systems and behavior occur when there are interfering factors
False
Educational psychologists and school psychologists essentially do the same type of work.
False
Managed care has allowed more people to have access to some form of mental health care that they might not otherwise be able to afford
False
Maria has just graduated with her bachelor's degree in psychology and has accepted a job as a research assistant at a local university. Eventually she should be able to oversee research projects and apply for grants to fund research projects.
False
Maria has just graduated with her bachelors degree in psychology and has excepted a job as a research assistant at a local university eventually she should be able to foresee research projects and apply for grants to fun research projects
False
The kinesiology path to graduate training in exercise and sport psychology leads to a wider range of employment opportunities thi psychology path.
False
Unlike psychology's other subfields, there are no master's programs for psychology's research-intensive subfields (e.g., experimental).
False
The overlap between cognitive psychology and other disciplines
Has grown in recent years
Biopsychologist are interested in
How biological systems affect behavior/how behavior affects biological systems
Which of the following statements is true?
I/O psychology is one of the highest paying subfields in psychology
Jeremy, Greg, and Kelly all graduated from the same doctoral program in cognitive psychology and have the same number of years of experience. Jeremy works for a government agency, Greg works at a university, and Kelly works for a corporation in the private sector. Who has the highest salary
Kelly
Mike and Janine have recently graduated from doctoral programs in clinical psychology. Mike's program focused heavily on training him to provide treatment and assessment. Although he was trained to be able to understand research, significantly much less time was spent on training him to conduct research. Janine's program trained her so that she would be well prepared for a research or practice career. Given this information you can determine that:
Mike attended a program that followed the Vail Model, while Janine attended a program that followed the Boulder Model
Fran recently graduated with a master's degree in experimental psychology. John recently graduated with a master's degree in social psychology. Javier recently graduated with a master's degree in cognitive psychology. Which of the following statements is true?
None of Fran, John, or Javier can call themselves psychologists
Dr. Beckert treats clients who are dealing with mental health problems. His training consisted of medical school followed by specialized training during his residency. He uses medication and therapy to treat his clients. Dr. Beckert is most likely a:
Psychiatrist
Bryce took the kinesiology path to his graduate education in exercise and sport psychology. As a result, he is most likely to be employed in:
Research settting
Who is most likely to assess a student's intellectual functioning
School psychologists
Who is most likely to provide workshops for students that focus on topics such as social skills, anger management, study habits, and coping?
School psychologists
Who establishes the rules, requirements, and guidelines for licensure?
States
According to the model licensure act, I/O psychology is considered a practice area and companies and organizations are considered clients who receive psychological services.
True
Compared to university-based doctoral programs in clinical and counseling psychology, professional school programs have higher rates of acceptance
True
The Model is an approach to training clinical and counseling psychologists that focuses primarily on treatment and assessment services and resulted in establishing the PsyD degree.
Vail
The most common employment settings for exercise and sport psychologists are:
academic settings and private clinical practice
Which of the following is not an issue that I/O psychologists would address?
all of the above are issues that an I/O psychologist would address
According to your textbook, I/O psychologists will need to adjust their techniques to accommodate what changes in the workforce?
an aging and increasingly diverse workforce
In recent years there has been:
an increasing number of students seeking internships, while the number of internship sites has been reduced
The Boulder Model and Vail Model are:
approaches to the training of clinical and counseling psychologists
Psychologists in the US first adopted the term, "industrial psychology" when they began:
assessing worker's vocational interests and abilities
Dr. Pallow's research interests focus on neuroanatomy, neural communication, and pharmacology. She is most likely a:
biospychologist
The overwhelming majority of I/0 psychologists work in:
business, organization, or government settings
Although clinical psychology and counseling psychology share some similarities, they also have some key differences. Which of the two subfields focuses more on psychological symptoms, distress, and disorders?
clinical psycholey
study the mental processes of human and nonhuman animals.
cognitive psychologists
In the past 50 years, the field of educational psychology has been most heavily influenced by:
cognitive psychology
According to your textbook, the core activities of I/O psychologists
consultation, administration, and research
Which form of treatment tends to be shorter-term and involve providing guidance and advice?
counseling
According to your textbook the two broad themes in developmental psychology are that:
development occurs across the lifespan and that development is viewed from a global perspective (e.g., what happens developmentally in one culture may not occur in the same way in another culture)
For research and applied positions in exercise and sport psychology, the entry-level degree is typically
doctoral degree
The majority of I/O psychologists have:
doctoral degrees
Dr. Halliman is a psychologist whose work focuses on methods of teaching and instruction as well as how students learn. She is most
educational psychologist
Dr. Murray conducts research focused on the use of technology in teaching middle school students. She is most likely a(n):
educational psychologist
Which of the following is true?
exercise and sport psychology focuses on the entire lifespan
Which of the following are the research-intensive subfields described in your textbook?
experimental psychology, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, social psychology, biopsychology
When clinical and counseling psychologists provide consultation services, these services are most often provided to:
fellow mental health professionals regarding the treatment or assessment of a client
The most common reason that states revoke a psychologist's license
for a violation of professional ethics
Dr. Murray is a social psychologist who studies factors affecting attitude formation. He teaches and conducts research at a large university. He is most likely to teach courses specific to his special interests (e.g., Attitudes and Persuasion) at the courses that provide an overview of social psychology at the _- and
graduate level; undergraduate level
Barbara is applying to doctoral programs in counseling psychology and would like to know the balance of research versus applied training for the programs she is considering. According to your textbook:
graduate programs readily disclose their balance of research versus applied training
Which area of exercise and sport psychology is most likely to include a focus on leisure activities?
health and exercise psychology area
Tori has just graduated from a doctoral program in cognitive psychology and has been accepted for a postdoctoral position. This postdoctoral training will allow Tori to:
hone her research skills 2) develop her own research program
Tricia is applying to doctoral programs in clinical psychology and would like to try to find a way to assess the quality of the programs she is considering. According to your textbook, one characteristic that might help her determine this would be:
how successful the program's students have been in securing internships and licensure
Currently psychologists who have received additional training and supervision and passed a certification exam can prescribe psychotropic
in New Mexico and Louisiana only
Which of the following statements regarding licensure is true?
in most states, a doctoral level I/O psychologist is required to be licensed if their work is considered to be "the practice of psychology"
Although educational psychologists study a variety of topics, they are most likely to focus on:
instructional methods 2) factors in student learning 3) environmental variables that affect learning
The "Education for All Handicapped Children Act" is significant to the field of school psychology because:
it placed new demands on schools to assess and respond to the needs of students who might be experiencing some type of disability
Dr. Monin is an exercise and sport psychologist and has accepted a teaching position at a university. If her position is like that of most exercise and sport psychologists in academe, she is working in which of the following academic departments?
kinesiology
Sonya is a psychology major and plans on applying to graduate programs in exercise and sport psychology. In order to prepare for graduate training, she would like to take some kinesiology courses in addition to her psychology courses. What should she keep in mind?
kinesiology courses may have prerequisites (e.g., a lower-level biology course), so she will need to plan her courses carefully
According to your textbook, what are two careers related to I/O psychology, that an individual with a bachelor's degree in psychology could pursue?
management and human resources
of graduates with doctoral degrees in psychology's research-intensive subfields immediately pursue postdoctoral training after graduation.
more than 30%
The US Surgeon General's Office concluded that:
mortality in the US is influenced by behavioral factors
"Kinesiology" is the study of:
movement
Alfred Binet and Jean Piaget were influential to the field of psychology because:
of their ideas about learning, intelligence, and development
Dr. Kramer is licensed and has a private practice. If he is like most private practitioners in exercise and sport psychology:
onlv a portion of his clinical work is in exercise and sport psychology
The social psychology area of exercise and sport psychology focuses primarily on:
players/teams 2) coaches 3) spectators
Boulder Model
prepares clinical and counseling psychologists for both research and practice careers
Which path toward graduate training in exercise and sport psychology is more likely to lead to the possibility of becoming licensed?
psychology path
Generally speaking, psychiatrists' primary method of treating mental illness is:
psychotropic medication
According to your textbook, most developmental psychologists are focused on:
research, but increasing numbers of them also pursue applied endeavors
Dr. Neimeyer is interviewed by a local newspaper about the type of work he does. He describes his work as "improving students' well being by addressing problems that interfere with their education." Dr. Neimeyer is most likely a(n):
school psychologist
Mason is a middle school student whose mental health and substance abuse problems are interfering with his academic performance. Who is most likely to intervene to try to help Mason?
school psychologist
Who is most likely to engage in conducting an assessment to determine what, if any special services a student might need?
school psychologists.
Attending an unaccredited clinical or counseling psychology doctoral program could jeopardize a student's ability to:
secure a predoctoral internship 2) secure employment 3) become licensed
With regard to licensure for I/0 psychologists, your textbook authors recommend:
seeking licensure because it allows an I/O psychologist more flexibility in providing services
According to your textbook, increased interest in the organizational aspects of the workplace came about due to the influence of:
social psychology changes in the business culture
Dr. Silverstein is an exercise and sport psychologist, and her research focuses on individual and group processes in sport and exercise settings. According to the ASP this is the of exercise and sport psychology.
social psychology area
To receive AAP certification:
student is required to take a psychopathology course
The single biggest issue addressed by school psychologists focuses on:
students with special needs
Linden is a psychology major and plans to apply to graduate school in exercise and sport psychology. Ultimately she would like to practice and become licensed. Given her goals, the best option for Linden is to:
take the psychology path toward a doctoral degree in exercise and sport psychology
The event with the most influence on the current state of school psychology has been:
the "Education for All Handicapped Children Act"
Which organization provides guidelines for master's programs in I/0 psychology?
the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)
Psychologists from all subfields consult. Compared to psychologists from other subfields, I/0 psychologists are:
the most likely to have consulting be a major focus of their careers
Following the passage of the "Education for All Handicapped Children Act".
the number of school psyckologists increased dramatically
Dr. Ellstone uses imagery techniques to help drag racers become more successful in competitive racing. This work reflects which area of exercise and sport psychology?
the performance enhancement/ intervention area
According to your textbook, research careers in psychology typically involve high expectations for productivity (e.g., acquiring grants, meeting deadlines, producing a certain number of publications within a particular timeframe). This can be especially challenging because:
the research process is unpredictable
Educational psychologists are most likely to be while school psychologists are most likely to be
theorists and researchers; practitioners
1/0 psychologists who work in businesses, organizations, or hold faculty positions in schools of business tend to have higher salaries because:
there is always a risk of them leaving the job for high-paying consulting positions
William James, G. Stanley Hall, Edward Thorndike, and John Dewey have what in common?
they were founding figures in the field of psychology and contributed to our knowledge of educational processes
Which of the following statements is true?
to control costs, managed care companies have sought the services of master's-level mental health providers
Executive coaching refers to:
training executive-level employees in order to expand their administrative and managerial skills
Marcia is completing her doctoral program in clinical psychology and plans to re-locate to Louisiana at the end of her training. She would like to not only open a private practice but also be able to prescribe psychotropic medication. In order for her to do that, she will need to:
undergo specialized training 2) receive extensive supervised experience 3) pass a national certification exam
Goddard plans to apply to graduate programs in I/0 psychology. He'd like to get research experience working with an I/O psychology faculty member. Unfortunately, his university does not have any I/O psychology faculty. What should he do?
work with social or cognitive psychology faculty who have research that overlaps with I/O psychology (e.g., studying groupthink)
Ata will be graduating with his bachelor's degree in psychology next semester. He is very interested in research in health psychology but does not want to go to graduate school. Would it be possible for him to become involved in health psychology research with a bachelor's degree?
yes - he could be a research assistant and be supervised by a health psychologist
