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| most common health field in psychology |
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| mental health service providers |
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| research emphasis and training; assessment and diagnosis, explain and understand psychological problems and distress; and promote healthy human development; study, assess and treat people with psychological disorders |
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| clinical vs counseling (licensure) |
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| no difference in licensure, internships, jobs, benefits |
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| helps with adjustment problems; alleviate distress and emotional/behavioral difficulties associated with psychological problems |
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| Doctor of Psychology; clinical work, dissertation, exams, heavy on service provision not research, consumer of research; practitioner-oriented that emphasizes clinical training or professional model of training; sought by those who want to practice; generally more expensive; generally have higher acceptance rates and enroll more than PH.D |
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| Doctor of Philosophy; dissertation and exams, research based, conductor of research; training in research and methodology and in content of psychological specialty area |
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| early childhood behavioral specialist |
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| develop behavioral interventions for children (infancy to 7) experiencing a variety of behavioral difficulties; may obtain bachelor or masters |
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| care for children and engage them in activities that promote their development while their parents are at work |
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| school psychologist degree |
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masters: practice with one and could receive national certification
graduate: school psychology or counseling |
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| school psychologist job responsibilities |
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| work in schools; blend mental health and education; provide assessment and treatment for children and adolescents mostly around learning and behavioral related difficulties/problems; may work with children with special needs; consult with teachers; develop and evaluate programs; conduct research; |
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| academic planning; more direct counseling with students; understand and cope with social, behavioral, and personal problems; available for all children and maintain regular school hours to help students |
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| work with offenders within the criminal justice system; supervise offenders while they are in the community to ensure that they are in compliance with the stipulations of their parole or probation; assist offenders in getting help or treatment needed to remain in the free world |
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| applies psychological principles in the areas of research, policy and law enforcement; not crime scene investigators |
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| protect lives and properties; maintaining regular patrols, responding to calls for service, directing traffic as needed, investigating a crime scene; providing first aid to an accident victim |
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| management consultation, pre-employment psychological assessments and fitness for duty evaluations, special unit evaluations, deadly force incident investigations, field consultation such as assisting an officer in the apprehension or security of a mentally ill person; investigative activities |
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| consultation and evaluation for court cases; competency, custody, and civil commitment |
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| provide treatment and recreational activities to individuals with physical or emotional disabilities or problems and deficits in a variety of settings; BA level |
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| educate individuals and communities about healthy lifestyles and wellness; prevent illness and increase healthy lifestyle; BA level |
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| health promotion and disease prevention; coping with illness; doctoral level; clinical or counseling program with health emphasis |
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| psych and phy ed teachers |
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| rarely major in psychology but could be an asset; learning strategies, cognition, psychological development from psychology could be beneficial |
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| studies the factors involved in physical activities to apply it to everyday knowledge ; psychological aspects to sports performance (visualization to improve performance, coaching, performance anxiety, team cooperation and dynamics |
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| assessment and interventions around brain dysfunction, trauma and cognitive impairment; rehab psychology; application of psychological assessments and interventions based upon the study of human behavior in relationship to the CNS |
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| cognitive neuropsychology |
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| understand cognition from the perspective of the brain; mainly research and academic careers; biological basis for cognitive tasks |
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| clinical laboratory technologist |
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| perform sophisticated medial testing like chemical, biological, hematological, immunological, microscopic, and bacteriological tests; BA level |
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| neuroscientific explanations for behavior |
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| clinical neuropsychologists |
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| integrates biopsychology and clinical/counseling psychology to assist clients suffering from brain dysfunction |
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| improve interactions between humans and their work environment; greater satisfaction; reduce errors; improve efficiency |
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| compensation and benefits specialist |
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| engage in job analysis, write job descriptions, collect and organize information about an organization's benefits programs, administer benefits plans and monitor costs |
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| studies the relationship between people and their work environment; workplace relationships, personnel training (hiring), performance evaluations, assessment focused |
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| ease and pleasure of use; ensure product designs fit users; masters |
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| interactive relationship between environments and human behavior and to seek to understand why people find some spaces comfortable than others; apply information to design and enhance environments |
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| organizational psychology |
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| emphasis on organization on a macro level; employees, policies, and structure can make company more successful and employees more satisfied; leadership training; evaluate overall organization, effectiveness, develop long range strategic goals |
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| studies methods and techniques used to acquire psychological knowledge; measuring human behavior; construct equations and formulas that can account for the range of behavioral phenomena |
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| investigates a variety of behavioral processes in humans and animals; applying research methods to many sub-fields of psychology (not clinical, counseling or IO) |
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| evaluate risk of loss, determines appropriate premium rate, and writes the insurance policy to cover the client's risk of loss |
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| extraction of useful information from large databases of information with the use of statistical methods and computational algorithms; grad level |
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| helps company or an organization use its technology resources effectively to achieve its goals; make computer systems within an organization compatible in order to share information; grad level |
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| decision making about purchases; marketing; study how we process information and make decisions about purchasing products and services to then help businesses and organizations improve their marketing and sales strategies |
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| public relations specialist |
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| communicating information to public; communicate an organization or company's message to the community, consumer, public interest groups, and the media; inform about company's policies, activities, and accomplishment; BA |
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| plan and oversee research operations for an organization and supervise market research analyst; coordinate work of market researchers to determine the demand for products and services offered by a company and develop a marketing strategy; grad degree |
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| employed directly by a manufacturer or wholesaler; travel to visit clients; suggest how merchandise can meet those needs, and show samples and catalogs of the products they sell |
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| studies interactions with others and with a wider social environment; attitudes and bias, discrimination, persuasion; group dynamics (bystander effect); aggression, attraction, communication |
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| development and marketing consultants |
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| conduct focus groups with parents and children to determine their views about specific products and to get feedback on toy designs; examine reactions to particular toys, advertising, and promotional techniques |
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| help children and families adjust to a child's hospitalization; implement pediatric programs, therapies, and activities with the children; educate and assist families in physically and emotionally demanding process of caring for hospitalized or disabled children |
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| conducts and applies research in age-related behavioral changes; lifespan development; how people grow, develop, and change; emotional and physical aspects; experimental or applied; BA or graduate options |
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| product development and media consultant degree |
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| work within government positions or policy-oriented organizations that resemble academia; writing grants, conducting research, analyzing impact of various policies, writing/publishing/presenting your work in formats to make your findings accessible to public and policymakers |
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| organizes experiences and work history by highlighting skills and accomplishments that might not be obvious in a chronological resume; contact information, education, specific accomplishments |
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| identify weakness, but communicate strengths; know the needs of the organization and demonstrate you're interest and knowledge |
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before: understand conditions of job; career goals; growth
accepting: dont interview or apply for other jobs
not accepting: make employer know asap by phone, be polite, thank employer for offer and wish them their success |
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| preparing for job interview |
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| keep purpose in mind; get to know company; do research; be familiar with news and items; be prepared to talk about experiences, interests, and fit to the position and organization |
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| college instructor/professor |
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| beyond classroom; grading; LOR; meeting with students; advising; research; giving talks at meetings |
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| job outlook for academic professors |
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| increase faster than average through 2018 |
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| psychologists conducting research and careers |
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| research in academia, industry government, social service agencies, nonprofits |
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| enlisted military personnel and as civilian consultants; practice and conduct research in variety of areas; engage in personnel selection and classification; work in human factors and engineering to design human-machine interfaces that improve the functioning of military systems and equipment; study team effectiveness and ways to improve communication in multinational forces |
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| responsible for acquiring books for a publishing company |
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| handles day-to-day work of coordination and editing manuscripts for large publishing projects such as psychology textbook |
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2 years of full-time study
M.A. = master of arts
M.S. = master of science |
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4-5 years book says 5-7 years
usually have greater supervisory roles and get paid more |
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| personal statement or application essay |
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| tells about ability to write, to stick to task at hand, persuade readers; make yourself stand out; talk about interests, career aspirations and values; tailor your essay to specific questions and programs |
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| letters of recommendation |
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| letter written by a faculty member or supervisor that discusses the personal qualities, accomplishments, and experiences that make you unique and perfect for the programs to which you've applied; aim for letters than can cover the range of your skills |
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