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What does a psychologist do?

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There are many different types of psychologists out there.

The type that people are most familiar with is a clinical psychologist. These people help to diagnose and treat, using behavioral and cognitive strategies, various types of mental illness.

There are many more types of psychologists than just clinical however. There are experimental psychologists, who run experiments on individual to test their hypotheses (and they can be from numerous backgrounds, including biological, cognitive, social, etc)

In addition there are school psychologists that deal mainly with children and learning, I/O or Industrial/Organizational psychologists who mainly work in industry, etc.

There are also many sub-types of psychologists, and depending on type almost cross-over into biologists, sociologists, anthropologists, or medical professionals.

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