Majoring in Psychology : Achieving Your Educational and Career Goals
ISBN: 9781405190633 | 1405190639
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Pub. Date: 8/23/2010
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Psychology is one of the most popular undergraduate majors in the United States today; however, students often remain confused about the different opportunities available to them in their chosen field of study. Not surprisingly, this lack of information can have devastating consequences, which can affect a student's motivation and lead to a general dissatisfaction with the major. Majoring in Psychology: Achieving Your Educational and Career Goals provides students with the essential information required to overcome any hurdles in the pursuit of... MORE
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Majoring in Psychology | |
| Why Major in Psychology? | |
| Succeeding in College: Transitions, Strategies, and Resources | |
| Succeeding in the Psychology Major: Adjustments, Common Difficulties, and Strategies | |
| Assessing and Developing Career Goals | |
| Using your Bachelor's Degree: Preparing for the Job Market | |
| The Preprof... MORE | |
| The Preprofessional Degree: Applying to Graduate School | |
| The Subfields of Psychology | |
| Careers in Research: Experimental, Developmental, Social, Cognitive, and Biopsychology | |
| Careers in Industrial and Organizational Psychology | |
| Careers in Clinical Psychology and Counseling Psychology | |
| Careers in Educational and School Psychology | |
| Careers in Exercise and Sport Psychology | |
| Careers in Health Psychology | |
| Careers in Neuropsychology | |
| Careers in Forensic Psychology | |
| Careers in Academe | |
| Assessing the Career Outlook for the Psychology Major | |
| Appendix: Divisions of the American Psychological Association | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
Jeffrey L. Helms is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Kennesaw State University. His publications, research, and practice interests are predominantly in the areas of forensic psychology and the scholarship of teaching. A licensed psychologist, Dr. Helms maintains a small private forensic and clinical consulting practice in Georgia. His clinical experience includes work in the community mental health arena, inpatient psychiatric facilities, and multiple forensic environments. Dr. Helms is also a member of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychology-Law Society.
Daniel T. Rogers is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Kennesaw State University. His publications, research, and practice interests are in the areas of personality assessment, measurement, and interpersonal and psychodynamic theories. Dr. Rogers is a licensed psychologist. His clinical experience includes work across the age spectrum and across levels of impairment, with emphasis on psychological assessment and psychodynamic interventions. Dr. Rogers is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, and the Society for Personality Assessment.
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