| Job Title |
Psychologist, Experimental |
| Job Description |
Plans, Designs, Conducts, And Analyzes Results Of Experiments
To Study Problems In Psychology: Formulates Hypotheses And
Experimental Designs To Investigate Problems Of Perception,
Memory, Learning, Personality, And Cognitive Processes. Designs
And Constructs Equipment And Apparatus For Laboratory Study.
Selects, Controls, And Modifies Variables In Laboratory
Experiments With Humans Or Animals, And Observes And Records
Behavior In Relation To Variables. Analyzes Test Results, Using
Statistical Techniques, And Evaluates Significance Of Data In
Relation To Original Hypothesis. Collaborates With Other
Scientists In Such Fields As Physiology, Biology, And Sociology
In Conducting Interdisciplinary Studies Of Behavior And
Formulating Theories Of Behavior. Writes Papers Describing
Experiments And Interpreting Test Results For Publication Or For
Presentation At Scientific Meetings. May Specialize In
Aesthetics, Memory, Learning, Autonomic Functions,
Electroencephalography, Feeling And Emotion, Motivation, Motor
Skills, Perception, Or Higher Order Cognitive Processes. May
Conduct Experiments To Study Relationship Of Behavior To Various
Bodily Mechanisms And Be Designated Psychologist, Physiological
(profess. & Kin.). May Specialize In Study Of Animal Behavior
To Develop Theories Of Animal And Human Behavior And Be
Designated Psychologist, Comparative (profess. & Kin.).
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