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Amber Lee Ruiz
Mr. Nighbert
Composition I
10 December 2013
The many fields of Psychology
Psychologists teach, counsel, conduct research, or administer programs to understand people and help people understand themselves. There are many different fields of psychology such as, Clinical psychologists, Developmental psychologists, social psychologists, counseling psychologists, school psychologists, industrial-organizational psychologist, consumer psychologists, educational psychologists, experimental psychologist and sport psychologists (Ferguson 1). Writing skills is very helpful to most psychologists. Some psychologists become administrators who direct college or university psychology departments or personnel services programs in a school system or industry. While some become agency or department directors of research in scientific laboratories (Ferguson 1). There is also forensic psychology who applies their scientific knowledge to the legal issues pertinent to civil and criminal cases. The work that Forensic Psychologists do can be exciting and rewarding, yet may also involve working with dangerous individuals (McDavid 1). Not all Psychologists work directly with people. Some solely conduct research and perform experiments, never providing counseling, while others meet with patients or clients one-on-one (Burns 1). The annual salaries for staff industrial-organizational Psychologists were $71,400 in 2004. The middle 50 percent earned between $56,880 and $93,210. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $45,620, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $125,560 (Henderson and Dolphin 1). Clinical and counseling Psychologists usually require a doctorate in psychology, completion of an approved internship, and one to two years of professional experience. There are approximately 170,200 psychologists employed in the United States, although sports psychologists comprise only a small segment of this number (Ferguson 1). Sports psychologists don't work with
Mr. Nighbert
Composition I
10 December 2013
The many fields of Psychology
Psychologists teach, counsel, conduct research, or administer programs to understand people and help people understand themselves. There are many different fields of psychology such as, Clinical psychologists, Developmental psychologists, social psychologists, counseling psychologists, school psychologists, industrial-organizational psychologist, consumer psychologists, educational psychologists, experimental psychologist and sport psychologists (Ferguson 1). Writing skills is very helpful to most psychologists. Some psychologists become administrators who direct college or university psychology departments or personnel services programs in a school system or industry. While some become agency or department directors of research in scientific laboratories (Ferguson 1). There is also forensic psychology who applies their scientific knowledge to the legal issues pertinent to civil and criminal cases. The work that Forensic Psychologists do can be exciting and rewarding, yet may also involve working with dangerous individuals (McDavid 1). Not all Psychologists work directly with people. Some solely conduct research and perform experiments, never providing counseling, while others meet with patients or clients one-on-one (Burns 1). The annual salaries for staff industrial-organizational Psychologists were $71,400 in 2004. The middle 50 percent earned between $56,880 and $93,210. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $45,620, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $125,560 (Henderson and Dolphin 1). Clinical and counseling Psychologists usually require a doctorate in psychology, completion of an approved internship, and one to two years of professional experience. There are approximately 170,200 psychologists employed in the United States, although sports psychologists comprise only a small segment of this number (Ferguson 1). Sports psychologists don't work with