Archive for the 'Psychology Careers: Specialized Fields' Category

Specialized Fields in Psychology: The Health Psychologist

Saturday, July 30th, 2011

Is A Career as a Health Psychologist in Your Future? If a career in psychology is on your agenda, but you have not decided what field of psychology you want to enter, you may want to consider a health psychology career. The psychologists in this field study how social, biological, and physiological aspects affect the [...]

Specialized Psychology Fields – Media Psychology

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

Have you heard of media psychology? Whether we acknowledge it or not, media in today’s world has an impact on our daily lives. Media psychology is one of the newest and most rapidly progressing types of psychology fields today. If you are interested in becoming a psychologist, but are not sure which types of psychology [...]

Psychology Degree for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

Your psychology degree can take you in numerous different directions. In the modern world, psychology is an important part of learning to recognize and deal with situations such as trauma from your past life, current life stress, and even anxieties about your future. For each stage in life there is a form of therapy that [...]

Psychology Specialized Fields: What is Biopsychology?

Friday, July 8th, 2011

The world of psychology is not a one-size-fits-all type of medicine. There are any number of subfields which include biopsychology, clinical psychology, forensic psychology and developmental psychology. Those wanting to pursue a career as a psychologist should investigate the variety so that you understand what type of work best suits your personality.  A somewhat less [...]

Psychologist Specialized Fields – Trauma Psychology

Friday, July 1st, 2011

You’ve most likely landed on this site in search of information on the many specialized fields available in psychology. It’s a good idea to narrow down your choices now, while you are early in your studies, to prevent you from wasting any time taking college courses that will prove to be unnecessary. Here’s the breakdown [...]

Psychology Specialized Fields: The Research Psychologist

Saturday, May 21st, 2011

The main role of a research psychologist is to study and determine how individuals learn, think, and feel. They mainly do this in research facilities, where they can work in groups with other psychologists or they can work alone. This type of psychology can be both rewarding and tedious and requires a great deal of [...]

About Psychology: How to Become a Domestic Abuse Counselor

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

If you are interested in entering into the field of psychology as a professional counselor, there are numerous niches and specialized fields that are available to you. One of these specialized fields is that of the domestic abuse counselor. There are several ways that you can become a domestic abuse counselor. You can either receive [...]

Specialized Field in Psychology: Forensic Psychology

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

Forensic psychology is the mixture of the law and the study of behavior and the mind. In this field, psychologists work with many different kinds of people to help evaluate and diagnosis problems that may affect what kind sentence they should have, whether they are ready to be a witness, and whether they are mentally [...]

Specialized Fields in Psychology: Neuropsychology

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

Neuropsychology is a specialized field of psychology that studies how the brain and central nervous system affects our daily lives. Its purpose is to discover how the brain actually works, instead of how it is structured, like many other medical fields work to understand. A psychologist who works within this field attempts to evaluate, diagnosis, [...]

Psychology Specialized Fields: Child Psychologist

Friday, April 29th, 2011

If you are looking into specialized fields of psychology, you’ve come to the right place. Today we are going to take a look at child psychology. This information should help you decide if this is the right niche of psychology for you.  What is Child Psychology and What is the Purpose of This Field of [...]