What careers can you get with a psychology degree?

Question

Besides an psychologist/psychiratist, what else could I be?

Answer 1

Clinical Psychologists assess and treat mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. These range from short-term crises, such as difficulties resulting from adolescent rebellion, to more severe, chronic conditions such as schizophrenia.

Cognitive and perceptual psychologists study human perception, thinking, and memory.

Counseling psychologists help people recognize their strengths and resources to cope with their problems.

Developmental psychologists study the psychological development of the human being that takes place throughout life.

Educational psychologists concentrate on how effective teaching and learning take place.

Engineering psychologists conduct research on how people work best with machines.

Evolutionary psychologists study how evolutionary principles such as mutation, adaptation, and selective fitness influence human thought, feeling, and behavior.

Experimental psychologists are interested in a wide range of psychological phenomena, including cognitive processes, comparative psychology (cross-species comparisons), learning and conditioning, and psychophysics (the relationship between the physical brightness of a light and how bright the light is perceived to be, for example).

Forensic psychologists apply psychological principles to legal issues.

Health psychologists specialize in how biological, psychological, and social factors affect health and illness.

Industrial/organizational psychologists apply psychological principles and research methods to the work place in the interest of improving productivity and the quality of work life.

Neuropsychologists (and behavioral neuropsychologists) explore the relationships between brain systems and behavior.

Quantitative and measurement psychologists focus on methods and techniques for designing experiments and analyzing psychological data.

Rehabilitation psychologists work with stroke and accident victims, people with mental retardation, and those with developmental disabilities caused by such conditions as cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and autism.

School psychologists work directly with public and private schools.

Social psychologists study how a person's mental life and behavior are shaped by interactions with other people.

Sports psychologists help athletes refine their focus on competition goals, become more motivated, and learn to deal with the anxiety and fear of failure that often accompany competition.

Answer 2

Psychiatrists have medical degrees they are doctors with a specialty in psychiatry. A psychologist has a Ph.D (4+ yrs. beyond a bachelors degree). You can do some counseling/therapy with a Master's degree (2 yrs. beyond bachelors degree). The only type of "counseling" you can do with a 4 yr. degree (bachelors) would be case management. Otherwise a psychology degree is a good degree to have in any career that deals with people (i.e. human resources, customer service).

Answer 3

Other careers are facilitators, operations manager, teacher, guidance counselor, research and development, social scientist, child and youth worker, therapist, and grief counselor just to name a few. I hope that helps.

Answer 4

you can go into business management...