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CC2413 Fundamental Psychology for Health Studies Supplementary Exercise: Identifying Specialty Areas in psychology To provide you with an opportunity to identify how various perspectives influence psychologists in specialty areas, read the following descriptions and try to identify which type of psychologists and/or major psychological perspective(s) (psychodynamic, behavioral, humanistic, cognitive, biopsychological, evolutionary, sociocultural) each of them is employing in his or her scientific research or practice.

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Dr. Hung is a neuropsychologist who conducts research on patients who have brain injuries due to chemical

exposure. He uses several mental tasks that measure a person’s memory and attention span while he or she is undergoing a brain scan. Through this research, Dr. Hung is able to determine that exposure to certain chemicals destroys certain brain regions responsible for memory and attention. Which perspective(s) do you think Dr. Hung employ(s)? Answer(s): Biopsychological / Cognitive perspective

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Dr. So is a personality psychologist who studies hidden motives for aggressive personality traits. She

administers tests, like the Word Association Test, to adolescents in an effort to predict who will act out in aggressive ways. She finds that most aggressive adolescents have hidden rage. Which perspective(s) do you think Dr. So employ(s)? Answer: Psychodynamic perspective

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Dr. Chen is a/an clinical/counseling psychologist who works with clients who have phobic of deep water (e.g.

unable to learn swimming). She has found phobic clients tend to have more catastrophic thoughts when touching water than non-anxious clients. If the anxious clients participate in a treatment aimed at challenging their anxious thoughts, however, they can learn to stay in water with fewer catastrophic thoughts and less anxiety. Which perspective(s) do you think Dr. Chen employ(s)? Answer: Cognitive perspective

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Dr. Li is a/an educational/school psychologist who works with children from the lower socioeconomic status

(SES). She has noticed that many of the children at her school have very low self-esteem. Based upon this observation, she advises the teachers and staff to listen carefully to what the children say and each of their unique needs and to provide encouragement to help the children to develop their own strengths and their fullest potential. Which perspective(s) do you think Dr. Li employ(s)? Answer: Humanistic perspective

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Dr. Ho is a social psychologist who explores how boys and girls who grow up in different countries behave in

social situations. Her research has shown that gender differences exist in aggressive social behaviors among children raised in Japan, but that no gender differences are apparent when observing the same behaviors in children from other Asian countries. Which perspective(s) do you think Dr. Ho employ(s)? Answer: Sociocultural perspective

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Dr. Fong is a / an industrial-organizational psychologist who studies ways to enhance worker productivity. He

observes that if supervisors provide workers with frequent rewards, such as verbal praises, productivity increases and workers earn higher wages. Which perspective(s) do you think Dr. Fong employ(s)? Answer: Behavioral perspective Reference Larkin, K., Buchanan, N., & Brophy-Ellison, J. (2007). Instructor’s manual for “Psychology: The science of mind and 1

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