When you get a flu or break a bone who would you go to? When your emotions makes you sick, who would you go to? Psychology is known to be the study of human minds and finding the functions that affects people’s behavior. To become a Psychologist it calls for a lot of demands, such as particular education, training, and the different careers that is for Psychology.Even though the three articles, “How to become a Psychologist” by Bureau of Statistics, “Careers in Psychology” by Psychology today, and “Increased training costs” by Dr. Andrew Keen are similar because of their requirements and future outlooks, they differ because of their challenges that are faced.
Within all three articles they all discuss the education that is needed to become …show more content…
In the article it stated this, “ A doctoral degree or specialist degree in in psychology, a master’s degree is only sufficient for some positions, practicing psychology needs a license or certification” (Bureau of Labor Statistics1). That says that most students are unaware of that and truly believe that what is only needed is a degree to …show more content…
In the article it was found graduated students have a degree and get the wrong job with that degree. For example, “Doctoral degrees awarded in psychology in 2012 reached nearly 6,000, a steady increase of about 100 per year since 2006, but where so all the new grads go?”(Psychology Today 1). This shows that many of graduated students had received doctoral degrees and end up in a job that does not match that degree. At the same time, students in the United Kingdom are faced with training cost increasing every couple of years. In the article “Increased training costs” the students are challenge to perform a training program that their government is unable to pay and making the students pay the costs out of their own pockets. “Fewer psychology graduates will pursue a career in applied Psychology in those areas that do not receive public funding”(Keen 1). Since the government is unable to pay the training cost students in the United Kingdom are less likely to choose the career path of being a Psychologist. Lastly, all three articles are are different by the different challenges and what their future looks will be that each of the articles mention by the lack of knowledge that is needed to become a Psychologist, to what career jobs that can be reciveded
Within all three articles they all discuss the education that is needed to become …show more content…
In the article it stated this, “ A doctoral degree or specialist degree in in psychology, a master’s degree is only sufficient for some positions, practicing psychology needs a license or certification” (Bureau of Labor Statistics1). That says that most students are unaware of that and truly believe that what is only needed is a degree to …show more content…
In the article it was found graduated students have a degree and get the wrong job with that degree. For example, “Doctoral degrees awarded in psychology in 2012 reached nearly 6,000, a steady increase of about 100 per year since 2006, but where so all the new grads go?”(Psychology Today 1). This shows that many of graduated students had received doctoral degrees and end up in a job that does not match that degree. At the same time, students in the United Kingdom are faced with training cost increasing every couple of years. In the article “Increased training costs” the students are challenge to perform a training program that their government is unable to pay and making the students pay the costs out of their own pockets. “Fewer psychology graduates will pursue a career in applied Psychology in those areas that do not receive public funding”(Keen 1). Since the government is unable to pay the training cost students in the United Kingdom are less likely to choose the career path of being a Psychologist. Lastly, all three articles are are different by the different challenges and what their future looks will be that each of the articles mention by the lack of knowledge that is needed to become a Psychologist, to what career jobs that can be reciveded