PSYCHOLOGY

Career objectives

Understand human behavior and the thoughts that generate it; with the purpose of achieving
mental health, psychosocial wellbeing and greater development of themselves.

Profile of the Professional

Health professional specialized in psychological disorders whose cause lies in personal

difficulties of relationship and coexistence with the environment, and not to alterations in the
structure of the nervous system, such as those treated by the Psychiatrist.

Psychology tries to discover the secrets of human behavior, both at an individual, social and
pathological level, and its problems to lead the person to understand the mechanisms that
determine their problems to learn to control them, as well as learn to develop their own
characteristics and individual capabilities.

It is not about telling others what to do, but about facilitating and accompanying the search
process in solving the problems of individuals and social groups. To do this, it uses strategies
of relearning and awareness of certain situations.

For all this, it has a method, techniques and instruments that allow to scientifically approach
the processes of evaluation of psychological problems, their diagnosis and treatment.

Tasks or specific activities that are carried out in the profession

The areas of study of Psychology are varied and their number is increasing, they are interrelated
and often intertwine with each other, but in any of them, their task is to collect facts about
behavior and experience, and systematically organize them, elaborating theories for your
understanding.

Specialties

Some of the most common areas of study are the following:

Labor and Organizational Psychology

Organizational Psychology studies the work environment of workers to promote internal

communication in organizations, maintaining an adequate work environment through a good
communication strategy and agreement with others, and adopting measures that make
professional and private life more compatible, thus maintaining a better work environment

Social psychology

Social psychology studies how the social environment affects or intervenes in the way of
thinking and the individual behavior of people, and in turn how their mentality contributes to
collective thinking.

Educational psychology

Educational psychology studies the behavior of individuals and social groups in educational
environments, addressing the development of individual skills, teaching-learning processes,
educational, vocational and professional guidance.

Clinical psychology

Clinical psychology through a psychotherapy work tries to help those who have mental health
problems in their daily lives or suffer from a mental disorder.

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BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE

Muoz P. (2003). Your talent your vocation Professional Profiles, Vocational Guidance:
vocation vs. Psychology career: http://www.mi-carrera.com/index.html