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Careers in Psychology (Subfields of Psychology (Clinical
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Careers in Psychology
Subfields of Psychology
Clinical
- promote psychological health in individuals, groups, and organizations
- engage in research, teaching, assessment, and consultations.
- work in private practice, mental health organizations, schools, industries, legal systems, counselling centers, medical systems, government and military services.
- must earn doctorate from clinical psychologist program.
Cognitive
- study thought processes and focus on perception, language, attention, problem solving, memory, judgement, and decision making
- Work as professors, industrial consultants, or human factors specialists.
Community
- deal with broad problems of mental health in community settings.
- work settings include: federal, state, and local departments of mental health, corrections, and welfare systems.
- May: conduct research, or evaluate research, serve as an independent consultant, or teach/consult as a college faculty member.
Counseling
- help people adjust to life transitions. Or make life style changes.
- conduct therapy and provide assessments to individuals and groups
- work in academic settings, community mental health centers, business, or private practices
Developmental
- conduct research in age-related behavioral changes and apply scientific knowledge to educational, child care, policy, and related settings.
- informs other fields of psychology as well as public policies
- work in: educational institutions, day care centers, youth group programs, or a senior center.
Educational
- study relationships between learning and our physical and social environments
- work in a university in a psychology department or in a school or government agency.
Experimental
- investigate a variety of basic behavioral processes in research involving humans and animals.
- identify with a particular area of study
- most likely employed by an academic setting or a research institution, zoo, business, or government agency.
Forensic
- apply psychological principles to legal issues.
- conduct research, help create public policies, help law enforcement agencies in criminal investigation, or assist in forensic consultation
- work in a university psychology department, law school, research organization, community mental health agency, law enforcement agency, court, or correctional agency.
Health
- researchers and practitioners concerned with psychology's contribution to promoting health and preventing disease.
- identify conditions and practices associated with health and illness to help create helpful interventions.
- work in hospitals, medical schools, rehabilitation centers, public health agencies, or universities.
I/O
- relationships between people and work environments
- develop ways to increase productivity, personell selections, job satisfaction.
- work in business, industry, government, or universities.
Neuropsychologists
- investigate relationships between neurological processes and behavior.
- assess, diagnose, or treat disorders.
Psychometric
- study methods and techniques used to aquire psychological knowledge
- need to be well trained in research methods, statistics, and computer technology.
- employed by universities, testing companies, private research firms, or government agencies.
Rehabilitation
- work with people who have lost functionality after an accident, illness, or other event.
- work in a medical rehabilitation center or hospital.
School
- assessment and intervention of children and adolescents in educational settings.
- collaborate with teachers, parents, and administration
Social
- study how our beliefs, feelings, and behaviors are affected by and influence others.
- study attitudes, agression, prejudice, interpersonal attraction, group behavior, and leadership.
Sport
- study psychological factors of participation in sports.
- work with teams or academic/research settings.
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