What are the Career Scopes in Psychology?

Psychology is an elemental part of this current world. Where human are present, there is a need of Psychology to serve.

Let see the options

Biopsychology and neuroscience

A branch of Psychology in which study of behaviour through functioning of different brain areas and effects of hormones and neurotransmitters.

Career option

• Research centres in different fields.

Psyciatrists

Physicians who deals with physical medicine and rehabilitation. They treat with psychiatric drugs which treat medical conditions related to mental processes.

Career options

• Physicians

Clinical and counselling psychology

A wide range of career is seen in this branch. They provide therapy to improve people life experiences.

Career options

As psychologist

• Hospitals,

• schools,

• social institutions,

• private clinics

Cognitive psychology

The branch of Psychology that deals with study of mental processes, including perception, thinking, memory and judgement.

A major contribution of these psychologist are in branches like abnormal, development, social, educational and personality aspects of Psychology.

Career options

• Researches and scientist

• Development psychology

Forensic psychology

This branch deals with the study of interaction and law. They deal mainly with between psychology and criminal justice system. They use psychological practices, principles to apply them to legal system. Realiability of eyewitness testimony and jury selection is observed. They give opinions also

Career opinions

• Legal forms

• jails

• courts

• detectives

Health psychology

This branch's goal is to understand the interaction of biological process between behaviour and environment that influences health and Illness

Career options

• Conducts research in University.

Community psychology

They study the individual role within communities and wider society. And also the relationship of a person to communities and society. They observe the quality of life of a person within groups, organisation, communities and society.

Career options

• Program administrators,

• federal or local government executive,

• NGO ,

• counsellors,

• consultants.

Industrial psychology

This branch that deals with applied organisational psychology used to study and understand behaviour in an institution. i.e. business worlds and how employees function.

Career options

• HR organisational development specialist.

• Professors

• Researcher

Personality psychology

The branch's goal is to develop theories that shows psychological processes of individuals. The goal is to study people and differences among each other. They observe social, biological, environment and psychological factors that influences the development of personality.

Career options

• Academic jobs,

• NGO jobs,

• private or government Jobs,

• Research

Educational Psychology

A branch which study how humans learn and retain knowledge, primarily in educational settings. Main goals are emotional, social and cognitive learning process.

Career options

• Research,

• Psychology,

• Professors,

• Counsellor

Social Psychology

The main goal is to study communication between individuals through conformity, group behaviour, leadership, attitudes and person perception.

Career options

• Researcher in marketing fields

Sports Psychology

This is to study on interdisciplinary science that draws on knowledge from many field that is related to sports like bimechanics, physiology, kinesiology and Psychology. Their involvement helps to understand the factors that influences performance in sports, including exercise and team interactions

Career options

• Sports Psychology

Cultural Psychology

This branch learns and observes cultural reflection and shape the psychological processes of their members. It focusses on how emotions and behaviours are influenced by one's own individual cultures vice versa happens i.e. human beings shapes a culture but that cultures also shape human beings.

Careers options

• Academics

• Business field

• Researchers

Positive Psychology

A study which focus on positive aspects of life according to human experience that makes life worth living. They observe both individual and societal well being of a population.

Career options

• Career counselling and guidance

• Schools

• HR departments

• Research firms

• Life coaching agencies

Police Psychology

These psychologist practice on psychology of different training, investigate and applying psychological knowledge to police settings and problems. This branch brings a better environment in the professional field of police.

Career options

• Public safety and law enforcement

Military Psychology

Branch of Psychology that focus on researching the military personnel and their family. They design, predict and counter the behaviour of military personnel in each groups related to them.

Career options

• As psychologist ( army, navy, marine and air Force)

Geriatrics Psychology

This branch focus on the elderly people to provide mental therapy depending on mental and physical health. They need people to listen and a positive response for what they go through.

Career options

• Psychologist

• Social geronotology

• Biogerontology

Media Psychology

They focus on relationships between media and human behaviour. In simple words the reaction of people due to media influences.

Career options

• Media psychologist.

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