(Thanks to cinema) I used to think that psychologists had patients lying on a couch to counsel them, then I discovered there's psychotherapy, mental health therapy, and plain old counselling. How do students decide which path to take in their career?
Psychology is a tremendously fractured discipline, Neena. The options you mention are quite enough for anyone, but there are entire other fields of psychology that have little to do with mental health. For the most part, anyone who wants a career in psychology is going to have to get postgraduate qualifications & which field the decide to go into for their Masters is going to depend on a number of factors, including the student’s interest, talents, &, not least, the availability of a supervisor.
This has finally sunk in: “ there are entire other fields of psychology that have little to do with mental health.” I’ve just remembered, my younger sis did psychology in the work place (she couldn’t find a job in that field though…she had to be fluent in Spanish…in Miami).
I have to get ready to teach and can’t read this whole piece at the moment— but I was interested to see the focus on stats. I’ve long believed that statistics should be required in high school and college, because I don’t see how critical thinking is possible if you don’t understand statistics.
Not that I do. The one thing I know about statistics is that a small sample size means you should be skeptical about drawing conclusions. This doesn’t appear to be a widely understood principle.
Yes, stats is pretty big in Psychology - it surprises a lot of students to learn that. You are quire right about drawing conclusions from small samples. Indeed, that may be the fundamental principle of stats. You could argue that everything else is a refinement of that basic principle. Happy teaching!
can someone explain me plz how to restack ? I want to restack this post 😭
In the bar at the bottom of the page there should be a circle made from two arrows. You just need to click that. Thank you!
(Thanks to cinema) I used to think that psychologists had patients lying on a couch to counsel them, then I discovered there's psychotherapy, mental health therapy, and plain old counselling. How do students decide which path to take in their career?
Psychology is a tremendously fractured discipline, Neena. The options you mention are quite enough for anyone, but there are entire other fields of psychology that have little to do with mental health. For the most part, anyone who wants a career in psychology is going to have to get postgraduate qualifications & which field the decide to go into for their Masters is going to depend on a number of factors, including the student’s interest, talents, &, not least, the availability of a supervisor.
This has finally sunk in: “ there are entire other fields of psychology that have little to do with mental health.” I’ve just remembered, my younger sis did psychology in the work place (she couldn’t find a job in that field though…she had to be fluent in Spanish…in Miami).
I have to get ready to teach and can’t read this whole piece at the moment— but I was interested to see the focus on stats. I’ve long believed that statistics should be required in high school and college, because I don’t see how critical thinking is possible if you don’t understand statistics.
Not that I do. The one thing I know about statistics is that a small sample size means you should be skeptical about drawing conclusions. This doesn’t appear to be a widely understood principle.
Yes, stats is pretty big in Psychology - it surprises a lot of students to learn that. You are quire right about drawing conclusions from small samples. Indeed, that may be the fundamental principle of stats. You could argue that everything else is a refinement of that basic principle. Happy teaching!
My student was making a smoothie so I had time to read the rest of the piece.
So it’s true what the nutritionists say - smoothies *are* good for you.