Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology in Your Life
Destinations


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Psychology Careers


Entry Level Jobs in Psychology

This section will help you learn about some of the entry-level jobs available to psychology majors.

What types of jobs are available with a BS or BA degree is psychology? Which one seems the most interesting to you and why?

Masters and Doctoral Level Careers in Psychology and Related Areas

This section describes a number of psychology and psychology-related career options that require graduate degrees. If you want to help people with problems (do "counseling"), you are not limited to the field of psychology. You should definitely consider careers in education and social work.

What types of jobs are available to those who earn a M.S./M.A. or a Ph.D./Psy.D.? Which one seems the most interesting to you and why?

CyberPsychlink

CyberPsychLink is an Extensive Resource Directory of Sites Related to Psychology. Some of their resources include database/archives, electronic journals/newsletters, grant and job information, general psychology/medical links, reference materials, self-help, and software for psychology.

Psychwatch

Psychwatch is a weekly email Newsletter detailing events and internet-related developments in the mental health field. You can have their newsletter emailed to you weekly. This is a fairly effortless way to keep with what is going on in mental health.

Careers in psychology

The resources on this page focus on: (1) careers in psychology at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral level and (2) academic information about psychology at the bachelor’s and graduate levels.

Irvine Health Foundation Lecture Series

This site provides full-text articles from some of the most renowned psychologists in the world.

The Lifschitz Psychology Museum

This is the World’s First Virtual Museum of Psychology, established - February 1, 1996.

A Guide to Psychology and Its Practice

This site provides a very extensive array of information about the practice or application of psychology, including information about insurance to opening a practice.

Real Psychology

Real Psychology is a commercial site that focuses on self-help and self-improvement.

Psychology in America

This document describes the history of psychology in the United States before William James, dispelling the notion that James was the first American psychologist.

Today in the History of Psychology

This interactive site allows students to choose any day of the year to find out what important events in psychology occurred on that date throughout history. The timeline spans from the 1800s through 1996.

Museum of the History of Psychological Instrumentation

This site is an online museum housing numerous instruments used by psychologists such as Wundt, Helmholtz, and Muller. Descriptions of each instrument are included, along with references to original publications in which the instruments were used.

The History of Phrenology

Phrenology was a pseudoscientific attempt to link a person's character and the morphology of the skull - wildly popular in its day, and totally wrong. However, its underlying assumption of localization of function in the brain has been supported.

Problem Solving and Analytical Techniques

This Web page introduces students to a variety of rational decision-making techniques, including approaches to generating alternatives to problems, scheduling complicated tasks, using explicit decision rules, and applying quantitative strategies to multi-attribute decisions.

Daily News and Headlines

Daily news and research findings from around the Net in behavioral healthcare.

Association of Black Psychologists

The Association of Black Psychologists is the leader and international resource for addressing the psychological needs of African people in the Diaspora. Our research publications, assessment techniques, and other products establish the association as the recognized authority for providing practical solutions to the day-to-day circumstances of our people.

Recommended Popular Books on Psychology

The following are well-written, engaging, interesting and readable books that have something worthwhile to say about one or another aspect of psychology.

The Female Cornerstones of Psychology

This is a website dedicated to the history of female psychologists. The site outlines the major contributions of female psychologists.

Psychology Today

This online version of the popular/ laymen's guide to psychology is published monthly and available on-line. It covers a lot of the popular cultural aspects of psychology.

Psychology Online

Psychology Online is an interactive journey into the fascinating world of the mind. From this educational site you can link to worldwide resources, labs and tutorials to help you master psychology, the science of mind and human behavior.

The Psi Cafe

Provides links to web sites that emphasize psychological issues. The Psi Cafe operates as a gateway to the vast amount of information and resources that can be found on the internet about, the general field of psychology; the various sub fields; classic, as well as current, theories/research in psychology; psychology programs, institutes, associations, and organizations; as well as application of psychological issues in everyday life.

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