What Is Psychology and What Do Psychologists Do? Are They Like Therapists?

Question by an3lhart101: what is psychology and what do psychologists do? Are they like therapists?
I have always thought that i wanted to be a doctor because my mom wants me to be a doctor but now im freshman n im looking at other stuff n im curious about psychology…what is it? what do psychologists do? what r good colleges for psychology? R there different types of it? what r the different types?

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Answer by Stephanie
Psychology is the study of the human mind and how it works and develops over time. There are many different types of therapists. A psychologist, in theory, would be a person who studies psychology. So any person with a degree in psychology could be classified as a “psychologist”.

Some types of psychologists would include, but not limited to:

Drug and Alcohol Counselors
Attachment and Bonding Specialists
Licensed Professional Counselors

There are many different types. Most people who choose Psychology as their field of study choose a certain genre of psychology they want to study. Some choose cognitive behavior, which studies the way the brain develops and causes certain behaviors. Some choose child/adolescent psych who study solely young people. Geriatric psychology, which is elderly people. Psychology is such a broad spectrum. There are many different concepts and theories.

I hope this has been of some assistance to you.

Some websites that would further assist you would be:

www.psychology.org
psychology.about.com
www.psychology.com

Some good colleges and universities for psychology would include:

University of Cali. in San Diego
University of Cali. in Berkeley
University of Pennsylvania
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Harvard
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
UCLA
Yale
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Stanford

Personally I would suggest Tulsa University in Oklahoma. They have a great Psych department with lots of research opportunites.

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