Answer 2

• EQ: What is most important to be a successful licensed psychologist?
• Answer 2: Another important factor that will help a person become a successful psychologist is understanding how the human brain works when referring to human emotions. By understanding more about how the brain processes information, a psychologist may be able to better help a patient by providing treatment that will work more effectively with each individual. Also, knowing information about the brain may benefit a psychologist by understanding how each portion of the brain deals with different forms of emotion; such as fear, or depression, etc. 
• Evidence:
• The article, The Brain, Feelings, and Health  from the Library of Congress states studies that have been looking into the brain and seeing which portions are involved with different forms of emotion, such as fear. "Joseph LeDoux of New York University described his studies that have elucidated the role of the amygdala in the fear response." 

• If a psychologist knows exactly what type of emotion the patient needs work with, fear for example, then the right treatment can be given. For example if a patient has a fear for snakes, a treatment called Systematic Desensitization can be given. With this treatment, the patient will start off by talking about snakes, then looking at pictures, playing with toy snakes, and finally handling a live snake.   - From the article "The Psychology of Fear: Understanding the Dynamics of Fear Response"

• Another function of the brain is to store and retrieve information, and because many patients subconsciously choose to 'forget' certain parts of information such as certain details from a traumatic event; a psychologist can attempt to figure out what was the reason that caused the patient to force information to their short-term memory, therefore forgetting it. By knowing that the short-term and long-term memory have different functions then the psychologist may attempt to bring the information from the short-term memory (STM), to the long-term memory (LTM) throughout many sessions so that the patient can remember more about the event.  - Article on STM and LTM- "Remember This: Memory and the Brain"