Psychologist

Psychologist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Psychologists study the behavior and actions of people to understand, explain, change, and change their attitude perspective. They also provide counseling and therapy to those emotional, learning, and behavior problems. Psychologist work in schools, clinics, hospitals, and private practice. They can also specialize in clinical, educational, quantities’, developmental, social, experimental, and industrial organizational psychology .

They often:

§  Diagnose and treat problems

§  Interview and observe patinets

§  Develop, select, and administrate tests

§  Councel patinets, groups, and families

§  Develop mental health programs

§  Conduct research and teaching

Salary:

$ 45,000 - $65,000

Education:

Students should prepare for a career in psychology by taking the most challenging (AP or IB) high school courses available, especially in English and science.

Reflection:

This career has grabbed my attention the moment in which people started to ask for my advice or help in need.

 They always seem to think that I a student can help them with their problems. Therefore I stand by this career and say that this career is my future, and it’s basically calling my name out for the future.