What are the different disciplines of Psychology for those seeking Masters and/or PhDs?
I’m a recent graduate and I’m looking to further my education by gaining a higher degree in Psychology. Problem is, I’m not too sure of all the things I can do with a Psychology Masters and/or a Psychology Ph.D., along with the Biology Bachelors I already have.
I’d like to find out what I career options I have out there.
Thanks in advance for your helpful answers.
Abnormal psychology
Activity theory
Analytical psychology
Applied psychology
Asian Psychology
Behaviorism
Behavioral medicine
Biobehavioral health
Biological psychology
Biopsychology
Cognitive neuropsychology
Cognitive psychology
Cognitive neuroscience
Community psychology
Comparative psychology
Clinical psychology
Counselling psychology
Critical psychology
Developmental psychology
Discursive psychology
Distributed cognition
Dynamic cognition
Ecological psychology
Educational psychology
Embodied cognition
Emotional clearing
Engineering psychology
Environmental psychology
Evolutionary psychology
Experimental psychology
Forensic psychology
Health psychology
Humanistic psychology
Individual differences psychology
Industrial and organizational psychology
Medical psychology
Music psychology
Neuropsychology
Performance psychology
Personality psychology
Philippine Psychology
Physiological psychology
Popular psychology, self-help, and alternative therapy
Political psychology
Positive psychology
Pre- and perinatal psychology
Problem solving
Psychoanalysis
Psychohistory
Psychology of religion
Psychometrics
Psychonomics
Psychophysics
Psychopathology
Psychophysiology
Psychotherapy a branch of psychiatry as well
School psychologist
Sensation and perception
Situated cognition
Social psychology
Sport psychology
Systemic psychology
Theoretical psychology
Traffic psychology
Transpersonal psychology
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It’s mainly split between research, education/teaching, and clinical application in a number of areas.
You often need a Ph.D. if you want to teach at college level or do research. If you want to use your education and training as a therapist/counselor or other clinician, you may be able to do it with a Masters Degree.
The school that I attended, U. of No. Texas, has a number of departments that train people to do a variety of clinical jobs, for example: clinical psychologist (mostly testing) which requires a doctoral degree; school or agency counselor (therapist) which requires a masters degree.
I would recommend that you talk to the school counseling department at your university or college to fill you in on the ins and outs of psychology disciplines.
PhD will give you access to a lot more jobs if you are interested in academia. PhD is harder to achieve so you will need to think long and hard before making that commitment.
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