Behavioral+Science

=**Psychology**=
 * Psychology** is an academic and applied discipline that involves the scientific study of mental functions and behaviors. It has the immediate goal of understanding individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases, and by many accounts it ultimately aims to benefit society.


 * For more information, please contact Ms. Weihe, Room 301.**

•Psychologists (all types – clinical, cognitive, social, developmental, behavioral, neurological, evolutionary, psychodynamic, organizational) •Sociologist •Criminal profiler for the FBI •Anthropologist •Criminology •Neuromarketing – neuroscience is used to predict consumer behavior •Public opinion research •Health education/public health
 * Possible careers:**

Association for the Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education - http://www.absame.org/dcms/ Association for Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences - http://www.aatbs.com/ American Psychological Association - http://www.apa.org/ American Sociological Association - http://www.asanet.org/ American Anthropological Association - http://www.aaanet.org/ Academy of Behavioral Profiling - http://www.profiling.org/index.html Association of Applied Neuroeconomics and Neuromarketing - http://www.aanenm.org/ American Association of Public Opinion Research - http://www.aapor.org/Home.htm American Public Health Association - http://www.apha.org/
 * Sites of professional organizations**:

•The Effect of Autonomic Arousal on the Perception of Facial Attractiveness •Singers vs. Instrumentalists – a Study of Relative Pitch Sense •Factors that Cause Law Enforcement Officers to Choose their Careers
 * Behavioral science projects being done by DV students (2010-2011):**