Psychology Career Research Paper

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A psychologist is a professional who evaluates and studies behavior and mental processes of people. They ask questions about the mind and try to understand how an individual's mind works. They conduct tests and consult people to see how they think and behave in certain situations. This career is important because psychologists learn and evaluate concepts like peer pressure and a plethora of other concepts. I find this career path interesting because as a psychologist I can learn a lot about the human mind by observing and constructing experiments. Seeing that I’m a prospecting and thinking individual, becoming a psychologist is a right fit because they work independently, they have to be selfless, and they have to listen and observe a person without being judgmental. Psychologists do many things to study the mind. “Psychologist Identify psychological, emotional, behavioral, or organizational issues and diagnose disorders, using information obtained from their research” (Labor Statistics). This shows that …show more content…
This shows is that in order to become a psychologist I need to get degrees in other areas. Specifically, I need to get degrees in areas that are research based because as a psychologist I'll be doing plenty of research. Anyone can major in and become a psychologist there's no quota. As long as an individual gets into a college or university they're set to become a psychologist. But as an individual, I think I'm more capable of becoming a psychologist than most because I have a prospecting personality meaning I don't judge people when they tell me things that might sound bad or are bad. A school that has one of the best psychology programs is USC I know this because I've talked to college representatives and my cousin is a psychologist and they both said USC has the best programs to help you become a