What can you do with a degree in Psychology?

Question

What type of degree do you need?

Answer 1

with a undergrad degree - not a lot

you really need to go to grad school to do anything in the field

http://www.ottawa-psychologists.com/faq1.htm
What is the difference between a Psychologist
and a Psychiatrist?

While there is considerable overlap between the services offered by Psychologists and Psychiatrists, there are some differences in training and services.
Similarities

* Both Clinical Psychologists and Psychiatrists can provide psychotherapy and counselling services.

* Both Clinical Psychologists and Psychiatrists are trained to diagnose neuropsychological disorders and dysfunctions plus psychotic, neurotic and personality disorders and dysfunctions. Both professionals are granted the right to make such diagnoses by law while other health care providers cannot.

* Both Clinical Psychologists and Psychiatrists help people maintain and enhance their physical, intellectual, emotional, social and interpersonal functioning.

Differences

* Psychologists have earned a doctoral level degree (Ph.D., Psy.D., or D.Ed.) in Psychology, after having obtained a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree in Psychology. This amounts to at least nine years of university education and training in psychology. Psychiatrists have a general medical degree first (4 years at the undergraduate level) and then advanced training in psychiatry (usually 4 years residency after the M.D. degree).

* Psychologists can do psychological testing with well-researched tests. Psychiatrists typically do not do psychological testing.

* Psychiatrists can prescribe medication, while in Ontario, Psychologists cannot.

* Psychologists are regulated by the College of Psychologists of Ontario while Psychiatrists are regulated by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.

Answer 2

You can do a lot with the degree...

BUT

There are very, very few jobs that require a BA/BS in psychology. Most of the people that get these jobs after majoring in psychology could have majored in almost any other social science discipline (sociology or social work, for example).

If you have a masters degree, many states let you get a license to provide therapy. This enables you to get a job as a psychotherapist.

However, in states that don't provide licensure for masters-level psychotherapists, you would have to either get a PhD or PsyD in psychology (so that you could provide psychotherapy as a psychologist) or a masters in social work (so that you could become a licensed clinical social worker). A PhD typically requires 4-6 years of additional education after undergrad. Most PhD programs in clinical psych accept between 2-4% of the applicants that apply in any given year, so it's extremely competitive. Social work, on the other hand, requires 2 years of school after finishing undergrad (or 1 year, in many programs, if you've majored in social work as an undergrad) and is easier to get into, relative to the PhD clinical psych programs.

Basically, psychology is a great major. But it's important to know that if you actually want to work in the psychology field, either by providing clinical services to patients or doing research, it's normally necessary to have *at least* a masters degree and that a doctoral degree is preferred.

Answer 3

Psychology degrees have long been viewed as a proving ground of sorts for higher education. It's no wonder.

With more than 40 percent of undergraduates in the field eventually going on to law school, business school or some other professional program, the social sciences major ranks among the highest in post-graduate academic attainment.

But what about job prospects for those with only a bachelor's degree?

At least one college professor insists that opportunities in both the public and private sector abound. And, he says, the perception that a psychology degree is best used as an educational stepping stone is giving college students the wrong idea.

"A lot of people think that in order to do anything with a degree in psychology you must get a Ph.D and become a psychologist," said Charles Brewer, a psychology professor at Furman University in Greenville, S.C. "Most parents, even if they are professionals in their own right, don't understand what opportunities are open to psych majors."

Brewer notes the vast majority of his former students have found successful careers "in almost anything you can name" and he stressed the greatest advantage of a psychology degree is its "flexibility and adaptability."

Answer 4

If you want to make money, you'll need to at least go to graduate school and at LEAST get a Master's degree. It would be even more beneficial to get a Ph.D in psychology to make money. Unfortunatly, there isn't much out there for just a BS in Psychology. Something to think about. I was a psych major and switched to Business with a psych minor and am doing Human Resources.

Answer 5

IT depends. A BAchelor's degree is good enough to find a well paying job. If you want to give therapy or advice, I believe you need a master's degree to do so. It takes awhile, but hey! in the meantime, you're not doing anything much. Time goes by quickly! =)

Answer 6

Work at McDonalds! (just kidding)

You usually need a graduate degree to work in psychology. The bachelor's degree is mostly prep work (or at least that's what I've been told).

Answer 7

bachelor's degree -
wait tables, cut hair

master's degree - work for the goverenment and/or teach
few ever start a real practice on their own

in a university the two most worthless bachelor's degrees are business and psychology, they are the least likely to use their degree when they leave college.

Answer 8

i'm in eire, so i do no longer comprehend plenty with regards to the main/ minor shape which you have in the U. S. yet sociology might supplement psychology ( it rather is the learn of society). Its great you're observing a hazard thoughts now, it grants time to make certain extra and make up your ideas. in case you have a occupation or coaching instructor at your college, you are able to desire to pop in to make certain them, they could have loads of suggestions on careers. additionally look at college/college web pages, they could have information on occupation paths too. once you're a people individual and have an interest by how the ideas works then psychology may be a good selection for you. I dunno approximately police investigator (maybe police representative) yet some activity opportunities that i comprehend of are academic Psychologist (helping toddlers with gaining know-how of problems) Play Therapist ( exploring and helping toddlers with emotional issues by using play ) scientific Psychologist (working with adults who've emotional problems, differs from a psychiatrist as they do no longer prescribe medicine) Cognitive Behavioral Therapist ( helping people exchange their attitude and behaviour ) All of those jobs will require extra learn, you have gotten loads of different thoughts too, even game psychology, advertising and advertising, consultancy, educational study, social paintings. so as you're no longer disillusioned nevertheless, i will enable you comprehend beforehand- Psychology does not have all the solutions to human habit, yet supplies diverse theories/recommendations and suggestions for how the ideas works and individuals's habit generally. The conclusions are drawn in line with study, study and experiments. you will no longer be able to tell if a individual individual is mendacity in line with reading psychology, yet you are able to develop into extra attentive to varieties of habit. physique language could properly be explored -yet I even have discovered approximately physique language in training centred on verbal substitute and private progression, no longer psychology. You wont unavoidably do plenty approximately it in a psychology undergraduate degree, you ought to do your very own study learn while you're doing a masters degree. i do no longer think of you will are available the time of plenty dream interpretation , yet you will learn with regards to the subconscious ideas and what happens once you sleep. you are able to look on the recommendations of a few psychologists who had recommendations approximately symbolism in desires like Freud.

Answer 9

You can do a lot! My sister-in-law just got her MA in Psychology and she now teaches college psychology courses.

Answer 10

It's good for law school, public speaking, psychology (haha), anything people oriented, business/advertising...