Week 2 - Application, Career Opportunities & The Beginnings

Session 4 - Real Life Applications and Career Opportunities

Begin with a quick look at how Psychology (and concepts related to human behaviour) are entrenched in our society.

Watch the following clips concerning Derren Brown:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUA4Q5aoG74

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P2vYIgPdKg


Students are then to copy down the following in their workbooks:

Psychology as a Profession:

Psychologists are highly trained professionals who specialise in creating, teaching and applying psychological knowledge. In seeking to provide answers to questions about human behaviour, they gather scientific data to describe, understand, predict and control behaviour.

Areas of Specialisation within Psychology

The Australian Psychological Society has identified 12 specialist areas of psychology.

·      Biological Psychologist

·      Clinical Psychology

·      Clinical Neuropsychology

·      Health Psychology

·      Sport Psychology

·      Cognitive Psychology

·      Personality Psychology

·      Counseling Psychology

·      Sport Psychology

·      Educational Psychology

·      Forensic Psychology

·      Community Psychology

Students are to read through pages 9 - 16 for homework for the next session.

   Session 5 - Psychology V Psychiatry & The Classic Perspectives and Theories of Psychology

   Starter activity - complete 'Fields of Psychology' worksheet and run through the answers with the class.    Run through the 'Classic Perspectives and Theories of Psychology' PP - students are to complete the relevant observation table while viewing the PowerPoint.

Homework: Read through pages 7-9 of the textbook and create a Venn diagram that highlights the similarities and the differences between psychology and psychiarty.