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  • Aligned vs. Misaligned Students
    Aligned students have clear career plans, know required skills, pick relevant classes and activities. Misaligned students lack clarity about their career goals, degree requirements, and related work opportunities.
  • How to Become Better Aligned
    Learn about your desired job, understand degree requirements, choose fitting classes and activities, seek internships, and research job market growth.
  • Time to Earn Degrees
    Associate's: 2 years; Bachelor's: 4 years; Master's: 2-3 years; Doctoral: 5-7 years after bachelor's.
  • Focus of Social Psychologists
    Study how other people influence our thoughts and actions.
  • Entry-Level Jobs for Social Psychologists
    Corporate research, organizational development, human resources, social policy, market research, consulting, student services, social media.
  • Focus of Developmental Psychologists
    Study how people change physically, socially, and emotionally throughout life.
  • Entry-Level Jobs for Developmental Psychologists
    Policy making for families and elderly, market research by age group, program design, community education, elder and developmental care.
  • Focus of Neuroscientists
    Study how the brain connects to the mind and behavior.
  • Entry-Level Jobs for Neuroscientists
    Medical and healthcare research, bioethics, biotechnology, brain science and law, brain science and AI.
  • Focus of Cognitive Psychologists
    Study everyday thinking and how thoughts relate to behavior.
  • Entry-Level Jobs for Cognitive Psychologists
    Software design, programming, web design, data analysis, project management, artificial intelligence.
  • Focus of Industrial/Organizational Psychologists
    Study how psychology applies to the workplace.
  • Entry-Level Jobs for I/O Psychologists
    Human resources, data analysis, research assistance, project management.
  • Jobs with a Bachelor's in Clinical or Counseling Psychology
    Substance abuse counselor, mental health technician, entry-level social work, help center worker, residential or community care, student services.
  • Most Common Jobs for Psychology Majors
    Business roles like management, sales, HR, marketing; also human services, administration, PR, advertising, market research, case management.
  • Path to Becoming a Psychiatrist
    Bachelor's degree, 4 years medical school (MD/DO), 3-4 years residency, licensing exam; treats biological mental disorders and prescribes medication.
  • Path to Becoming a Clinical Psychologist
    Doctorate (PhD/PsyD) with 5-7 years grad school plus internship, licensing exam; treats disorders with talk therapy, usually cannot prescribe medication.
  • Path to Becoming a Counselor
    Master's degree with 2 years classes, supervised internship, licensing exam; helps with everyday problems, can open private practice.
  • Differences Among Clinical Assistant, Counselor, Social Worker, and Occupational Therapist

    Assistant: master's + internship, supervised therapy, no private practice. Counselor: master's, helps with mental state, private practice

    possible

    Social Worker: bachelor's or master's, private practice possible.

    Occupational Therapist: master's, helps with daily independence, licensing required.

  • Cognitive Psychologist vs. Cognitive and Affective Neuroscientist
    Cognitive psychologist studies thinking, memory, learning, and emotion connections. Cognitive and affective neuroscientist studies how thinking, emotion, and biology connect.
  • Advanced Degree Jobs in Developmental, Social, and I/O Psychology
    Developmental: professor, healthcare, policy.
    Social: professor, nonprofit, research.
    I/O: consulting, industry, training, motivation, leadership.
  • Interpersonal Competencies (Yancey et al.)
    1) Explain clearly 2) Read emotions 3) Be sensitive 4) Stay calm and resolve conflicts 5) Avoid gossip 6) Be polite.
  • Tips for Successful Interviewing
    Dress appropriately, attend alone, find common ground, show interest, let interviewer lead, answer positively, speak well of past employers, wait for salary talk, be flexible, ask about follow-up.
  • Factors Leading to Promotions (Gardner, 2007)
    1) Initiative 2) Self-management 3) Personal attributes 4) Commitment 5) Leadership 6) Show and tell (sharing ideas effectively).