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Psychologist

Duties and Responsibilities: 

  • conduct scientific studies of behavior and brain function
  • collect information through observations, interviews, surveys, and other methods
  • research and identify behavioral or emotional patterns
  • test for patterns that will help them better understand and predict behavior
  • use their knowledge to increase understanding among individuals and groups
Salary: $83,580

Education: Although psychologist typically need a doctoral degree or specialist degree in psychology, a master's degree is sufficient for some positions

Demand or Need for Profession: 
  • Analytical skills-psychologists must be able to examine the information they collect and draw logical conclusions from them
  • Communication skills-must have strong communication skills because they spend much of their time listening to and speaking with patients
  • Observational skills-must be able to watch people and understand the possible meanings of people's facial expressions, body positions, actions, and interactions
  • Patience-must be able to demonstrate patience, because research or treatment of patients may take a long time
  • Problem solving skills- find treatments or solutions for mental and behavioral problems
  • Trustworthiness-must keep patients' problems in confidence, and patients must be able to trust psychologists

Reflection: I would be interested in this career because you get to learn more about different peoples stories. Also I'm a very trustworthy person. Plus I believe I wold do good in this job because I like to help people out.
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