AP PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES

SUBFIELDS IN PSYCHOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which type of psychologist would most likely study a subject group from kindergarten to adulthood?
A
Human-Factors
B
Clinical
C
Neuro
D
Developmental
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -To understand the characteristics of learners in childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age, educational psychology develops and applies theories of human development.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is c. Developmental. Developmental Psychologists study how individuals change, grow or stay the same as time passes within the domains of social, emotional, physical, and cognitive.

Detailed explanation-3: -Concerned with mental processes, cognitive psychologists study the human thought process and how people obtain, process, and store information in the brain. These psychologists conduct experiments and research to study memory, perception, and learning.

Detailed explanation-4: -Developmental psychologists study human growth and development over the lifespan, including physical, cognitive, social, intellectual, perceptual, personality and emotional growth.

Detailed explanation-5: -A cognitive psychologist is a mental health professional who seeks to understand the nature of human thought. Cognitive psychologists are generally most interested in topics such as problem-solving, retrieval and forgetting, reasoning, memory, attention, and auditory and visual perception.

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