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Psychology: Thomas Metcalf Elementary Intern, Julia Kedzior

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Senior ISU Psychology Major
Metcalf intern

Employee at Marcfirst

Volunteer at PATH

Employee at Little Jewels Learning Center and The Autism Place

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The field Psychology uses several types of literacy. Psychologists use these to understand and diagnose their patients as well as to make contributions to the field.

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5 used for diagnosis

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-Scientific/Psychological journals and articles: further diagnosis and understanding, keep updated with new research findings and to learn how to conduct psychological experiments

-Case studies: use for diagnosis

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What skills entry level psychologists should understand

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What skills entry level psychologists should understand

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-How to connect experiments and journals

-Put an emphasis on stats and knowing the research study format (APA) that goes in a specific chronologic order

-Understand that at the end of case studies, ideas for future studies and how to build off of their work are provided

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Other examples of literacies in psychology

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Other examples of literacies in psychology

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-Discussions

-Methods

-Procedures

All play a role in the foundation of psychological literacies

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Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct is used for resolving ethical issues

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ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct

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Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct

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The American Psychological Association's Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct provides guidance for psychologists in professional, scientific and educational roles. The Ethics Code also outlines standards of professional conduct for APA members and student affiliates.

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-Helps psychologists share findings and helps give access to specific examples

-Helps enhance education and understanding

-Learn through others’ experiments and journals

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-Teach statistics

-Expose students to more research studies and psychological articles

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Statistics is a huge skill in psychology that psychologists need to be literate in. Statistics helps psychologists quantify psychological theories and experiments.

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Literacy helps psychologists understand more and gain more access to materials

“Peer review and sharing findings are the biggest ways text is used in psychology. It is used to build off of each other’s work and archive what has/hasn’t worked. As well as helping the field grow in general”
–Julia Kedzior

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To Julia for providing insight into the psychology field and sharing her thoughts!