Majoring in Psychology: Achieving Your Educational and Career Goals

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 a psychology degree.
With backgrounds in both academia and licensed psychology practice, the book’s co–authors present clear, concise, research–based information on the major subfields in the discipline and the strategies to employ for a successful undergraduate major. Making sure that students are fully prepared for graduate school or the job market after graduation, the authors instill a deeper and more informed perspective on the discipline and its associated opportunities.
Majoring in Psychology: Achieving Your Educational and Career Goals is an invaluable resource for anyone at the outset of a career in psychology.

Spis treści:
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Part I: Majoring in Psychology.
Chapter 1: Why Major in Psychology?
Chapter 2: Succeeding in College: Transitions, Strategies, and Resources.
Chapter 3: Succeeding in the Psychology Major: Adjustments, Common Difficulties, and Strategies.
Chapter 4: Assessing and Developing Career Goals.
Chapter 5: Using your Bachelor’s Degree: Preparing for the Job Market.
Chapter 6: The Preprofessional Degree: Preparing for Graduate School.
Chapter 7: The Preprofessional Degree: Applying to Graduate School.
Part II: The Subfields of Psychology.
Chapter 8: Careers in Research: Experimental, Developmental, Social, Cognitive, and Biopsychology.
Chapter 9: Careers in In dustrial and Organizational Psychology.
Chapter 10: Careers in Clinical Psychology and Counseling Psychology.
Chapter 11: Careers in Educational and School Psychology.
Chapter 12: Careers in Exercise and Sport Psychology.
Chapter 13: Careers in Health Psychology.
Chapter 14: Careers in Neuropsychology.
Chapter 15: Careers in Forensic Psychology.
Chapter 16: Careers in Academe.
Chapter 17: Assessing the Career Outlook for the Psychology Major.
Appendix: Divisions of the American Psychological Association.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
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.

Okładka tylna:
Psychology is one of the most popular undergraduate majors in the United States today; however, students often remain confused about the different opportuni ties 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 a psychology degree.
With backgrounds in both academia and licensed psychology practice, the book’s co–authors present clear, concise, research–based information on the major subfields in the discipline and the strategies to employ for a successful undergraduate major. Making sure that students are fully prepared for graduate school or the job market after graduation, the authors instill a deeper and more informed perspective on the discipline and its associated opportunities.
Majoring in Psychology: Achieving Your Educational and Career Goals is an invaluable resource for anyone at the outset of a career in psychology.