Careers in Psychology
Practice Questions
1. Which specialty in psychology focuses on the criminal justice system?
a. Clinical psychology
b. Counseling psychology
c. Forensic psychology
d.
Sport-exercise psychology
2. Which type of psychologist focuses on work place issues?
a. Clinical psychologist
b. Research psychologist
c. Industrial/organizational psychologist
d. Health psychologist
3. _______________________ advise people on how to deal with problems of everyday living,
including problems in the home, place of work, or community, to help improve their quality of
life.
a. Clinical psychologists
b. Counseling psychologists
c. School psychologists
d. Developmental psychologists
4. _________________________ examine the connection between behavior and the body,
specifically focusing on the brain and other parts of the nervous system.
a. Behavioral neuroscience psychologists
b. Developmental psychologists
c. Personality psychologists
d. Health psychologists
5. Dr. Joe is doing research on the effects of large crowds on adolescent behavior. What type of
psychology is he doing?
a. Clinical psychology
b. Health psychology
c. Social psychology
d. Personality psychology
6. Dr. Manning is studying the coping skills of individuals who have lost one or both parents to
better understand how people cope with loss at different ages. What sort of psychology does
Dr. Manning specialize in?
a. Developmental
b. Social
c. Behavioral neuroscience
d. Health
7. Tests can reveal information about individuals. Psychologists that specialize in testing—
administration, scoring, and interpretation—are called
a. cognitive psychologists.
b. personality psychologists.
c. academic psychologists.
d. psychometricians.
8. Professor Lundy is doing research on how much information a typical adult can remember from
a one-hour class session. What is his specialty in psychology?
a. Cognitive psychology
b. Psychometrics
c. Developmental psychology
d. Biological psychology
9. Dr. Dana is taking heart rate measurements of students before, during, and after giving a speech
in class to see if there is a pattern between stress and heart rate. What sort of psychology does
she specialize in?
a. Clinical psychology
b. Biological psychology
c. Developmental psychology
d. Educational psychology
10. Professor Canobi is giving a lecture on the relationship between smoking e-cigarettes and
incidence of lung disease. Professor Canobi is a(n)
a. social psychologist.
b. cross-cultural psychologist.
c. industrial/organizational psychologist.
d. health psychologist.