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Psychologist
What is it???
A psychologist is someone who investigates the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social aspects of the human mind and behavior.
Education
To become a psychologist, you have to have either a masters or doctoral degree. You also have to take biology, chemistry, algebra, english, psychology, or statistics.
People Person?
Because psychologists are around people so much, they have to have a specific type of personality. Ideal personality traits consist of patience, compassion, sensitivity, maturity, and most of all: a keen intrest in people.
Jobs and Money
On average, the annual salary of a psychologists is around $67,880 a year! You can usually find a job as a psychologist at places such as the Federal Beaureau of Investigations, Kaiser Permanente, and the U.S. Army. The predicted job growth for this profession is 21% or more in the next 10 years. That's much faster than average!
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Did you know...
As a psychologist, you can study in many feilds such as behavioral, evoloutionary, humanistic, bilogical, and cognitive!
Contributions to Society
Helps people overcome depression or mental disorders, Transitions soldiers recovering from post traumatic stress from battle, Help people conquer a fear, Improves athletes preformance, Betters a students focus in school, and many other helpful things