What Does a Psychologist Do When He or She Is

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Short Answer

What does a psychologist do when he or she is appointed by the court as an evaluator with respect to child custody?

Understand the relationship between lifestyle choices (such as drinking, smoking, diet, exercise) and the development of psychophysiological disorders.

Learn about techniques and treatments used in behavioral medicine to manage and reduce stress and its effects on health.

Understand the role of social support in recovery from illness and maintenance of health.

Identify behavioral changes and personality styles that affect stress response and health outcomes.

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Definitions:

Partial Conditioner

An agent or factor that has a conditional effect, contributing to an outcome only in certain contexts or situations.

Unconditioned Responses

Automatic, natural reactions to stimuli that occur without prior learning or conditioning, such as reflex actions.

Conditioned Responses

Learned responses to a particular stimulus, conditioned through association during the learning process.

Conditioned Stimuli

In classical conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually triggers a conditioned response.