General Information About Psychology
Careers in Psychology
- For an excellent introduction to careers in psychology, with a description of many subfields and job domains, please see the brochure published by the American Psychological Association (APA).
Areas of Psychology and Specialization
- Another way to explore the breadth of topics studied in psychology is to visit the APA web site and explore the various divisions.
Subfields of psychology:
- Animal Behavior
- Clinical
- Cognitive
- Community
- Counseling
- Developmental
- Educational
- Engineering / Human Factors
- Environmental
- Evolutionary
- Experimental
- Forensic
- Health
- Industrial/Organizational
- Neuropsychology/Psychobiology
- Personality
- Physiological
- Quantitative
- Rehabilitation
- School
- Social
- Sports
Psychological Associations
- American Psychological Association - www.apa.org
- American Psychological Society - http://www.psychologicalscience.org/
- Society for Personality and Social Psychology - http://www.spsp.org/
