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Alyssa Rhine English 10 HonorsMrs. HayesA Perspective on psychology Psychology is an ever growing field in todays job field. Psychology comes from the Greek words psych meaning soul and ology meaning logic, it translates to the comprehension of the soul (Ferguson). It was founded by a man named Wilhelm Wundt, he founded experimental psychology which later led to others discovering more in psychology Psychology is both a science and a profession, it is counted as a science because its about understanding peoples behavior (Ferguson). Psychology is a great and interesting career excerpt for many generationsFields of PsychologyIn psychology there are many different fields for people, if youre not interesting in unrivaled thing there will most likely be another option for you. The most common types of constitute in psychology is a clinical psychologist, health psychologists, neuropsychologists, counseling psychologists, developmental psychologists, forensic psychologists, industri al-organizational psychologists, school psychologists and social psychologists. A clinical psychologist asses, diagnoses, and treats people with emotional and behavioral disorders. These type of psychologist can treat gip term personal life issues, to long term chronic issues such as, depression, eating disorders, schizophrenia and others. Sadly, a in a world we live in today these are found most common to teenagers and young adults. Some psychologist focus only on certain ages, an example is some people work with children only, or the elderly. (bls.gov).Health Psychologists and Neuropsychologists go together in a way. A health psychologist study how health and illness affect a persons life, they teach people and medical staff about on psychological is... ...ject. To be a psychologist you have to be a good listener and hold out how to relate to peoples problems as well as other things. Just like every job there are drawbacks, but put one overt all jobs have some sort of drawba cks? Being a surgeon you make great money but theres so much schooling involved and bad hours but in the end you do what you enjoy and all your hard work pays off. Work CitedBest Jobs for the twenty-first Century. Farr, Micheal and Shattkin, Laurence, PhD. Indianapolis Just Works, 2009. Print. Ferguson. Psychology. Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocation Guidance. 2000 ed. Print.Careers in Psychology. APA.org. N.p 2014. Web. 12/9/2013Skills of a Psychology Major. Wagner.edu. Hogrefe & Huber Publishers. n.d. Web. 12/9/2013Psychologists bls.gov. N.p. 1/8/2014. Web. 1/14/14