Psychologist

Today, the need for school psychologists continue increase. Students are faced with a variety of academic challenges. There are other issues that will affect the student’s performance and success in school such as: mental health problems, family issues, poverty, peer conflicts, disabilities, stress, grief and loss, domestic and community violence, substance abuse. School psychologists play an essential role in student’s achievements in school, academically, mentally and emotionally. For this to…

defines who I am, is in the field of School Psychologist, because I would like to help students solves the mysteries why they are having trouble learning. Since I have trouble learning and staying on track I would like to help children in the future with this problem also. Also what i would like about this job is having the summers off and if i were to be just a psychologist i wouldn’t have summers off and i would like to work with children School psychologists are uniquely qualified members of…

the job market are my costumer service skills, along with my problem solving capabilities. There are many factors when deciding what skills an employer is looking for. My personal assets bring a lot to the table for my potential career of being a psychologist. My strengths have prepared me for my upcoming career. I have built a lot of communication skills through my entry level jobs. These jobs forced me to communicate with varies people and there personalities. I am very well equipped to deal…

Experimental Psychology Experimental psychologists conduct and interpret research, and usually work within a specialty with regards to types of human responses. Cognitive psychologists focus on how human process information, and quantitative psychologists focus on measuring human cognition in relation to characteristics. They also devise ways to test and measure behavior, intelligence, personality, and emotionality to explain and predict them (Kuther & Morgan, 2012, p. 117). Careers within the…

Summary: Social psychologists have been debating the question “Are our social perceptions often inaccurate” for many years, each coming to their own conclusion. Social psychologists Lee Ross and Richard Nisbett argue that people’s perceptions are indeed often inaccurate, due to a “dispensationalist bias” (“Are Our Social. . .”). However David C. Funder believes that our perceptions are not often mistaken and that their behavior is due to their dispositions. Ross and Nisbett would argue that the…

In 1971, Philip Zimbardo made a huge impact on the field of Psychology. He changed the world of social psychology by taking it from a field focused on behavior being dispositional and transitioned it into a focus on social psychology in the terms of viewing behavior as situational. Gordon Allport, Fritz Heider, Harold Kelley and Bernard Weiner all helped set the stage for personality psychology and social psychology. Each of these individuals touched on the idea of behavior being dispositional…

In the Unlikely Event of a Water landing Tragedies such as murder and rape are thought to be horrendous crimes; acts so violent and malicious that the perpetrators must spend their lives in prison to pay their dues, but these crimes occur so often they rarely make headlines anymore. Every once in a while a big “story” will hit the news and the masses will cry out in outrage but even then the outrage dies down and the victims are forgotten. Many times there are witnesses to these crimes that do…

thirty different Psychologist careers that require a degree in psychology, and that is far from all of the career options for someone with a psychology degree. Someone with a psychology degree usually is associated with being a counselor but not all of them do. Psychologists are experts in human behavior and that is how they can help others. Of the thirty careers in Psychiatry I will choose four to go over a somewhat: Counseling Psychologist, Forensic Psychologist, Cognitive Psychologist, and a…

I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Pamela Dengrove. She is a clinical psychologist and specializes in forensic psychology as well. She graduated in 2012 from Widener University. The interview instead of being in person was through the phone. Dr. Dengrove was kind enough to answer my questions while she was driving, I assume to her job. She even stopped at the gas station to get gas. I think this was an unexpected interview for her, but I am grateful for her time and words. During the…

Pam: What is the Best Way to Become a Police Psychologist? A police psychologist is trained in psychology, public safety and law enforcement. They do everything from participating in criminal investigations to performing psychological autopsies. Below explains how to become a police psychologist. What are the Basic Academic Requirements? According to the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), all psychology specializations require both basic and advanced requirements. First, the basic…