Psychology

1. Kathy does not want to become a psychologist because she has no interest in analyzing emotionally disturbed people. Use your knowledge of psychology's perspectives and subfields to expand Kathy's limited understanding of career opportunities for psychologists.

Kathy seems to have little understanding of the wide range of disciplines and subfields psychology has to offer, most likely because a lot of the textbooks focus on psychological science. Kathy seems to believe a psychology is limited to clinical and counseling psychologists. There are many fields Kathy can choose including basic and applied research psychologists. Research psychologists include Biological psychologists who explore the link between the brain and mind, developmental psychologists who study our abilities from life to death, cognitive psychologists experimenting with how we perceive, think, and solve problems, personality psychologists responsible for studying human traits, and social psychologists who study how we view and effect one another. If Kathy has an interest in business or becoming a consultant, she could follow a career path as an Industrial-Organizational psychologist who help companies select and train employees, boost morale and productivity, design products, and implement new systems. Although she showed little interest, Kathy might find she enjoys helping people cope with challenges and crisis, and she could find work as a counseling psychologist or as a clinical psychologist. (Myers 2013)

2. After Lola began using a street drug to enhance her moods, she discovered that she needed larger and larger doses of the drug in order to feel the drug's effect. Use your understanding of the neurotransmission process to explain Lola's experience.

Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers that allow the transmission of signals from one neuron to the next across synapses. Researchers have discovered that the brain produces its own natural occurring opiates. When the drug user...