{"id":1649,"date":"2016-10-05T18:02:39","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T18:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-psychology\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1649"},"modified":"2024-05-17T02:13:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T02:13:00","slug":"outcome-careers-in-psychology","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-psychology\/chapter\/outcome-careers-in-psychology\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Careers in Psychology","rendered":"Introduction to Careers in Psychology"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you'll learn to do: describe the value of psychology and possible careers paths for those who study psychology<\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1821\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"575\"]<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/855\/2016\/10\/13010611\/5957458435_115bb24bc2_z.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-1821 \" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/855\/2016\/10\/13010611\/5957458435_115bb24bc2_z.jpg\" alt=\"A female captain in the army reads a medical textbook at her desk while conversing with another soldier.\" width=\"575\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a> <strong>Figure 1<\/strong>. An Army psychologist reviewing medical information.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nGenerally, academic careers in psychology require doctoral degrees. However, there are a number of nonacademic career options for people who have master\u2019s degrees in psychology. While people with bachelor\u2019s degrees in psychology have more limited psychology-related career options, the skills acquired as a function of an undergraduate education in psychology are useful in a variety of work contexts and are applicable to a wide variety of careers. Basically, studying psychology is never a bad choice!\r\n<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Explain why an education in psychology is valuable<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Describe educational requirements and career options for the study of psychology<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<h2>What you&#8217;ll learn to do: describe the value of psychology and possible careers paths for those who study psychology<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_1821\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/855\/2016\/10\/13010611\/5957458435_115bb24bc2_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1821\" class=\"wp-image-1821\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/855\/2016\/10\/13010611\/5957458435_115bb24bc2_z.jpg\" alt=\"A female captain in the army reads a medical textbook at her desk while conversing with another soldier.\" width=\"575\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Figure 1<\/strong>. An Army psychologist reviewing medical information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Generally, academic careers in psychology require doctoral degrees. However, there are a number of nonacademic career options for people who have master\u2019s degrees in psychology. While people with bachelor\u2019s degrees in psychology have more limited psychology-related career options, the skills acquired as a function of an undergraduate education in psychology are useful in a variety of work contexts and are applicable to a wide variety of careers. Basically, studying psychology is never a bad choice!<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Explain why an education in psychology is valuable<\/li>\n<li>Describe educational requirements and career options for the study of psychology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-1649\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Modification and adaptation. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul 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