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"Psychologist" is an academic, occupational or professional title describing individuals who are either:

There are many different types of psychologists, as is reflected by the 56 different divisions of the American Psychological Association (the APA). Psychologists are generally described as being either "applied" or "research" oriented. This major division is also described as the difference between scientists and practitioners or scholars and professionals. The training models endorsed by the APA require that practitioners be trained as both scholars and professionals and to possess advanced degrees.

Most typically, people encounter psychologists and think of the discipline as involving the work of clinical or counseling psychologists, professionals who are concerned with helping people live healthy and productive lives - professionals who help people solve problems of living or resolve mental health problems. Although clinical psychology is a commonly identified professional role, it remains a subset of the field of psychology. Scholars and academicians (conducting research and teaching in universities) constitute a substantial and foundational position in the definition of a "psychologist."

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Quantum Theory May Explain Wishful Thinking

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Apr 14, 2009 | 4.1 / 5 (47) | 14

(PhysOrg.com) -- Humans don’t always make the most rational decisions. As studies have shown, even when logic and reasoning point in one direction, sometimes we chose the opposite route, motivated by personal ...

Facebook profiles capture true personality, according to new psychology research

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Dec 01, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

Online social networks such as Facebook are being used to express and communicate real personality, instead of an idealized virtual identity, according to new research from psychologist Sam Gosling at The University of Texas ...

Recent 'momentum' influences choices of baby names, psychology professors find

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Oct 13, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- How do people choose a name for their child? Researchers have long noted that the overall popularity of a name exerts a strong influence on people's preferences -- more popular names, such ...

Infants draw on past to interpret present, understand other people's behavior

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Jan 22, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The old real estate maxim "location, location, location" also plays a role in how infants learn to understand the ambiguous actions and behavior of other people.

eBay Mind Games

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 11, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (4) | 3

Psychologists have long known that when two people haggle over a price, it pays for the seller to start high.

Grinch likely depressed, suffers from lack of love, joy, expert says (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 08, 2009 | 5 / 5 (6) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Being irritable, grumpy and seeking social isolation are also hallmarks of depression, and could explain the Grinch's disdain for the Who -- the tall and the small -- his mistreatment of his dog Max and, ...

Can thinking of a loved one reduce your pain?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Nov 13, 2009 | 4 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- "The very thought of you ... the mere idea of you" -- from the song "The Very Thought of You" by Ray Noble. Can the mere thought of your loved one reduce your pain?

Gratitude and financial virtue

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Sep 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Study by Northeastern psychologist finds feelings of gratitude prompt people to share their financial resources.

Believing is seeing, when it comes to emotions

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Sep 02, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Folk wisdom usually has it that "seeing is believing," but new research suggests that "believing is seeing," too - at least when it comes to perceiving other people's emotions.

Be your best friend if you'll be mine: Alliance Hypothesis for Human Friendship

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Jun 03, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

University of Pennsylvania psychologists studying the cognitive mechanisms behind human friendship have determined that how you rank your best friends is closely related to how you think your friends rank you. The results ...

Women may not be so picky after all about choosing a mate

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Jun 03, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (14) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Men and women may not be from two different planets after all when it comes to choosiness in mate selection, according to new research from Northwestern University.

Head movement is more important than gender in nonverbal communication (w/Video)

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May 25, 2009 | 5 / 5 (5) | 0

It is well known that people use head motion during conversation to convey a range of meanings and emotions, and that women use more active head motion when conversing with each other than men use when they talk with each ...

'Super-recognizers,' with extraordinary face recognition ability, never forget a face

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May 19, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (8) | 10

Some people say they never forget a face, a claim now bolstered by psychologists at Harvard University who've discovered a group they call "super-recognizers": those who can easily recognize someone they met ...