Psychology is the scientific study of thought, behavior, and experience. 许多人把心理学与心理治疗和临床心理学的实践联系在一起. There are also many other important areas of scientific psychology, 比如认知, 发展, 工业/组织, 以及社会心理学. 这些心理学子领域的共同点是使用科学方法来理解人类行为,并将这种理解应用于理论和实践的发展.
心理学家越来越多地利用神经科学的方法和理论来理解心理现象. 作为一种职业, psychology is related to fields such as health, 教育, 市场营销, 人力资源, 社会工作, 和更多的. The principles of psychology are relevant to almost all areas of human endeavor, and the career paths of psychology students reflect this wealth of possibilities.
Students will also develop information and computer competence, 沟通技巧, 并就如何在各种环境下实施职业追求心理教育提出现实的想法. The major may lead to either a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science degree. B.A. degree incorporates a broad exposure to the many facets of the field of psychology, in addition to a strong Liberal Arts foundation. B.S. 学位课程提供了与心理学领域相同的机会,并增加了科学和商业的选择,为学生更具体的职业方向做好准备. Students in both degree programs may also prepare for graduate school; research experience with faculty members is encouraged for such students.
现实世界的技能
The field of psychology is dedicated to understanding and explaining human behavior, 为什么我们认为, 感觉, 并以我们的方式行事, and how life circumstances affect people. 了解人类的动机和意图有助于心理学专业的学生制定个人成长和在现实生活中取得成功的策略.
心理学学生有机会将他们在课堂上学到的信息转化为现实生活中的个人成长和发展. Psychology majors are taught to become more aware of their own thoughts and beliefs, 他们如何看待自己, and how their cognitions influence their day-to-day experiences. 结果是, 心理学专业的毕业生能够更好地掌握引导他们走向更大成功的策略和习惯.
学习心理学还为学生提供了人际关系的理解,他们可以将其转化为现实世界中与朋友的互动, 家庭, 同事, 雇主, 甚至是浪漫的关系. Through classes on cognitive psychology, 发展心理学, 社会心理学, 在其他主题中,学生将学习经验验证的策略,这些策略有助于在人际关系中实现和谐和相互满足.
Psychology students gain experience in conducting research working in teams and, 通过这些, learn how to balance between independence and cooperation. This experience reflects real-world workplace environments, 团队合作是常态,成功取决于与他人成功合作的能力.
A psychology degree also helps to strengthen student’s’ analytical and reasoning skills. Being exposed to scientific principles in psychology classes helps students to think, 问题, 像科学家一样推理. 他们学习如何观察人类的行为,并将他们所学到的应用到与他人的互动中. 学生能够将他们在课堂上学到的关于人类行为的心理学理论应用到现实世界中.
贯穿心理学课程, students engage with writing and oral presentation skills-building activities. 除了, 从心理学领域获得的见解支持学生在许多情况下应用的有效沟通技巧的发展. 心理学专业的毕业生也接受了教育,使他们对如何写一份有说服力的求职申请有了更好的认识, 顺利完成面试, and effectively introduce themselves to a new group of people.
专业或学术方向
赌博平台大全的心理学课程为学生提供了两个学习心理学的机会. 心理学B.A. degree incorporates a broad exposure to the many facets of the field of psychology, 解析:选B.A. requirements focusing on language, communication, and writing. 心理学B.S. degree provides the same exposure to the field of psychology and adds 科学和商业的选择 to prepare students for more specific career directions.
实习机会
心理学BA/BS degree programs require students to complete at least one semester of research, 以社区为基础的实习, or capstone experience during their senior year. 学生选择完成一个或多个社区实习,可以根据他们的具体职业目标在各种环境中完成这一经验.
Graduates from this degree program have completed internships at:
- 博克斯Talkline
- 安全的博克斯
- 儿童阅读之家
- 拉美裔中心
- Keystone宠物强化治疗服务
研究的机会
Because psychology is as much about the advancement of knowledge as it is about its application, 我们的计划通过必修课的各种研究机会促进研究技能的发展, student working with faculty on research projects, and in student-lead independent research. All psychology courses involve elements of research methods, and the research methods coursework provides more in-depth research expectations and production.
- 曾与博士共事的毕业生. Greenauer教授对长期空间记忆的组织和结构进行了研究, the development of spatial category formation, the embodied basis of spatial knowledge, and the integration of spatial knowledge across experiences.
- 曾与博士共事的毕业生. Hillman have conducted research focused on sexuality and aging, 老龄化中的LGBT问题, 亲密伴侣暴力和衰老, 长期护理中的问题行为, and grandparents of children with autism spectrum disorder.
- 曾与博士共事的毕业生. 林赛进行了一项研究,主要研究亲子关系质量和儿童社会情感功能之间的联系, 儿童的同伴关系, and cultural differences in childrearing practices.
- 曾与博士共事的毕业生. 梅洛对自闭症谱系障碍儿童的评估工具和干预项目的开发和评估进行了研究, and on the experiences of families of children with neuro发展 disorders.
- 曾与博士共事的毕业生. 罗素对性别和性取向如何在法律案件中评估被告和受害者方面发挥作用进行了研究, such as self-defense in intimate partner violence, 强奸, 性胁迫, 欺凌, 还有性骚扰.
- 曾与博士共事的毕业生. 约翰逊研究了焦虑对大学生的影响,以及心理健康专家的自我护理策略.
双专业
希望攻读双学位的心理学学生被鼓励在他们的学术生涯中尽早探索他们的选择. 完成心理学学士学位的学生可以从伯克大学提供的其他学士学位课程中选择补充双专业,包括:
Students who are completing the Psychology BS degree must choose the 科学或商业选择 作为学位要求的一部分. 取决于选择的选项, double majoring in any of the Science or 业务 BS majors offered at 宾州州立银行 is possible.
未成年人
Students can pair the following minors with this degree program:
毕业后
学生可以在各种领域找到工作,因为该学位为涉及与他人合作的各种专业提供了良好的背景. 这包括(1)工业/组织心理学相关领域的职位,如商业, 人力资源, 市场营销, 市场分析师, and program evaluation or (2) 心理健康 organizations as case工人, 辅导员, 危机辅导员, 监事, 治疗师, 社会工作, 精神科技术人员, 药物滥用, 青少年拘留设施, (3)大学实验室或教育或社会服务相关机构的研究相关职位, (4) 教育al positions in community prevention, 儿童发展, (5)社区外展作为组织者, 工人, 关系, (6) forensic positions such as juvenile caseworker, 拘留的工人, 缓刑、假释官, 调查员, 执法专业人员, 保险调查员, (6) health and cognition related positions such as 行为分析, 神经心理学助理, 医疗助理, 儿童发展专家, 老年人口, 还有痴呆病房, 酒精/药物滥用顾问, 青年协调员, 营区主任.
Some of our recent graduates work for 人力资源, 社会服务, 家庭服务中心, state organizations such as 儿童/青少年服务, attending graduate school in psychology, 社会工作, 护理, 业务, 或者法学院, 研究实验室, 药物咨询服务, 机构协调员, 提倡, 市场营销, 儿童发展工作者, 行为分析, 情况下经理, juvenile prevention program coordinators, 儿童/青少年服务, juvenile delinquency or 心理健康 caseworker, 招生人员/代表, 修正, 缓刑、假释, 精神技术员, 强奸危机顾问, 住宅服务, 研究分析师, coordinators/research and development and at the International Association for Chiefs of Police, 还有更多.
While this degree program does not require additional schooling at the graduate level, 许多学生选择临床, 咨询, 法学院, 学校心理学, 心理健康, 业务 psychology and other occupations such as medically related, or academic positions will elect to pursue graduate school. 我们鼓励学生在整个本科学习中追求这一途径并为这一过程做好准备.
Our students have gone on to earn graduate degrees in Clinical Psychology, 咨询心理学, 法医心理学, 工业/组织心理学, 神经心理学, 与学校心理学, 以及社会工作, 护理, 高等教育, 法律, 和业务, and subsequently qualified for licensure as Licensed Professional Counselors, 临床心理学家, and Licensed Professional Social Workers.
Our students have attended graduate programs located both near and far from our campus, 包括伊玛库拉塔大学, 德雷塞尔大学, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 天普大学, 拉萨尔大学, 利哈伊大学, 印第安纳大学, 波尔州立大学, St. 约瑟夫大学, 西切斯特大学, 库茨敦大学, 式列阵声大学, 纽约大学, 和Weidner大学, 等. 我们的学生通过研究生院的录取不断收到反馈,他们广泛的本科实习和研究经验使他们脱颖而出的申请人.