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How is
aggression dealt with culturally? What types of aggression are
culturally sanctioned? What does aggressive behavior mean in
different cultures?
IV. What Psychologists Do
A. Surveys suggest that there are over 500,000 psychologists worldwide. Approximately 62,000 to
82,000 work as researchers. Psychologists often specialize in subfields, such as clinical, cognitive,
personality, developmental, social, industrial, educational, sports, health, and cultural psychology.
When most people think of a psychologist, however, they think of a clinical psychologist who works
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with clients with psychological problems and with problems of living. Clinical psychologists, in
turn, are often confused with psychiatrists, who are medical doctors that have specialized in the
treatment of mental illness.
B. Early in its history, research and practice in psychology was dominated by men. In the last decade,
however, women have received the majority of Ph.D.’s awarded in psychology.
C. Even when women were few in number, they still made substantial contributions to the field of
psychology.
1. Margaret Washburn graduated from Cornell University in 1894 to
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