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Subfields of Psychology |
Read Chapter 8 in your course text and review the subfields listed in Table 8.3. Locate an additional outside source that lists subfields in psychology or a related field that includes one or more subfields not listed in Table 8.3. Cite the additional source according to APA guidelines in your initial post:
- Which three subfields in psychology that most interest you?
- What personal characteristics (knowledge, skills, abilities) do you possess that might make these areas a good fit for you?
- Which three subfields interest you the least?
- If you were challenged with creating a new subfield, what would be the name of your subfield and what would it consist of?
| Table8.3: Graduate school admissions in departments of psychology by subfields | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctoral Programs | Master's Degree Programs | |||||
| Subfield | Number ofprograms | Averagepercentageaccepted | Total studentsenrolled | Number ofprograms | Averagepercentageaccepted | Total studentsenrolled |
| Clinical | 211 | 21.2 | 3,324 | 98 | 52.7 | 1,671 |
| Clinical Neuropsychology | 20 | 25.8 | 213 | |||
| Community | 12 | 31.0 | 43 | 22 | 53.8 | 416 |
| Counseling | 34 | 21.5 | 447 | 108 | 65.5 | 2,764 |
| Health | 12 | 30.9 | 87 | 3 | 70.3 | 23 |
| School | 52 | 37.4 | 392 | 49 | 48.9 | 682 |
| Other health servicesprovider subfields | 48 | 25.7 | 477 | 64 | 64.5 | 1,395 |
| Cognitive | 88 | 32.4 | 353 | 10 | 52.8 | 25 |
| Developmental | 99 | 27.2 | 374 | 19 | 47.9 | 166 |
| Educational | 31 | 50.0 | 170 | 15 | 57.3 | 149 |
| Environmental | 2 | 39.1 | 10 | |||
| Experimental | 31 | 37.6 | 163 | 38 | 55.4 | 261 |
| Industrial/ organizational | 53 | 25.7 | 281 | 76 | 56.6 | 849 |
| General | 59 | 58.0 | 972 | |||
| Neuroscience | 49 | 26.9 | 148 | 6 | 32.3 | 50 |
| Personality | 15 | 19.2 | 45 | |||
| Physiological | 4 | 39.4 | 12 | |||
| Psychobiology | 13 | 25.0 | 34 | |||
| Quantitative | 14 | 42.6 | 32 | 5 | 72.7 | 18 |
| Social | 80 | 19.4 | 270 | 8 | 47.6 | 29 |
| Other research subfields | 76 | 33.2 | 339 | 41 | 60.7 | 443 |
| Other fields | 8 | 22.9 | 36 | 2 | 33.3 | 12 |
| Total | 981 | 27.4 | 7,247 | 624 | 57.4 | 9,925 |
| Source: Norcross et al., 2006 |
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Subfields of Psychology- Outline
Thesis statement: The following are some of the subfields of psychology
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Three subfields that are most interesting to me
A. Educational psychology
B. Experimental psychology
C. Neuropsychology
II.
Personal characteristics for each profession
A. Educational psychology
B. Experimental psychology
C. Neuropsychology
III.
Three Subfields that I Have the Least Interest
A. Forensic psychology
B. Industrial psychology
C. Cognitive psychology
IV.
New subfields and its components
A. International psychology
B. Its components
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Subfields of Psychology
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SUBFIELDS OF PSYCHOLOGY
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Subfields of Psychology
The Three Subfields that are Most Interesting to Me
The first subfield that is interesting to me is the educational psychology as I have interest
in understanding the relationship between learning and social environment. The second subfield
that is interesting to me is experimental psychology as I have interest in understanding the
primary behavior process of human bein...
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