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INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE introduces students to a variety of potential career paths in the field of psychology. Each chapter explores a different specialty, elaborating on its academic requirements, applied settings, and day-to-day responsibilities. Students gain a practical and conceptual understanding of each specialization’s features, history, and outlook for growth. 

Chapter 1: Clinical Psychology 
Chapter 2: Professional Counseling and Counseling Psychology 
Chapter 3: Health Psychology 
Chapter 4: Addressing Stress and Coping in the Mental Health Field 
Chapter 5: Addiction Psychology 
Chapter 6: Forensic Psychology 
Chapter 7: Educational Psychology 
Chapter 8: Career Counseling 
Chapter 9: Industrial/Organizational Psychology 
Chapter 10: Sport Psychology 

Christopher J. McCarthy
Matt DeLisi

Matt DeLisi is Distinguished Professor, Coordinator of Criminal Justice, and Faculty Affiliate of the Center for the Study of Violence at Iowa State University, USA. Professor DeLisi is a renowned scholar with over 500 scholarly publications, including the true crime Ted Bundy and the Unsolved Murder Epidemic: The Dark Figure of Crime, What DNA Reveals About Criminals: Cold Case Criminology, and True Crime America: The Functions of Our Murder Obsession. In 2013, Dr. DeLisi testified to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee about criminal justice policy and regularly provides consultation on homicide cases in federal and state jurisdictions. In the practitioner realm, Dr. DeLisi previously worked as a research specialist with United States Probation and Pretrial Services and a pretrial services officer with a state agency.

Andrew R. Getzfeld
Colleen Jaimie McCarthy
Davina A. Moss-King
Ron Mossler
Gregory J. Privitera
Charles Spence
Joshua D. Walker
Robert S. Weinberg
Carolyn M. Youssef-Morgan

INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE introduces students to a variety of potential career paths in the field of psychology. Each chapter explores a different specialty, elaborating on its academic requirements, applied settings, and day-to-day responsibilities. Students gain a practical and conceptual understanding of each specialization’s features, history, and outlook for growth. 

Chapter 1: Clinical Psychology 
Chapter 2: Professional Counseling and Counseling Psychology 
Chapter 3: Health Psychology 
Chapter 4: Addressing Stress and Coping in the Mental Health Field 
Chapter 5: Addiction Psychology 
Chapter 6: Forensic Psychology 
Chapter 7: Educational Psychology 
Chapter 8: Career Counseling 
Chapter 9: Industrial/Organizational Psychology 
Chapter 10: Sport Psychology 

Christopher J. McCarthy
Matt DeLisi

Matt DeLisi is Distinguished Professor, Coordinator of Criminal Justice, and Faculty Affiliate of the Center for the Study of Violence at Iowa State University, USA. Professor DeLisi is a renowned scholar with over 500 scholarly publications, including the true crime Ted Bundy and the Unsolved Murder Epidemic: The Dark Figure of Crime, What DNA Reveals About Criminals: Cold Case Criminology, and True Crime America: The Functions of Our Murder Obsession. In 2013, Dr. DeLisi testified to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee about criminal justice policy and regularly provides consultation on homicide cases in federal and state jurisdictions. In the practitioner realm, Dr. DeLisi previously worked as a research specialist with United States Probation and Pretrial Services and a pretrial services officer with a state agency.

Andrew R. Getzfeld
Colleen Jaimie McCarthy
Davina A. Moss-King
Ron Mossler
Gregory J. Privitera
Charles Spence
Joshua D. Walker
Robert S. Weinberg
Carolyn M. Youssef-Morgan