this is a presentation on cognitive
psychology by Phoenix summer for
foundations of online learning
I chose cognitive psychology because my
planned career path is research I want
research to be my primary focus but I
plan to incorporate counseling
rehabilitation and diagnostic services
throughout my career cognitive
psychology has applications in research
and counseling and is essential to
further our understanding of perception
making it beneficial to many fields not
just psychology what is cognitive
psychology as Ulric Neisser defines
it "cognitive psychology refers to all
processes by which the sensory input is
transformed, produced, elaborated, stored,
recovered and used" our reality is
determined by what information we take
in and how we process it due to the
massive amounts of input from our
environment this requires us to
prioritize what we filter much like the
"big six model" knowing that our brains
can process only a certain amount shows
how our priorities affect our reality
cognitive psychology shows a map of what
we as individuals find important why we
make the choices we do and what patterns
of learning we are prone to. how we
believe we are seen and how we see
others are prone to bias there are many
types of biases confirmation bias is the
natural tendency to look for things that
confirm our beliefs to be true what we
filter tends to be based on what we expect
its nature to be. some biases are caused
by an emotional need to make reality
what we want it to be or making up
information just to fulfill the need to
understand the need to be socially
accepted allowing others to determine
our reality neuropsychology is essential
to cognitive psychology because it
gives cognitive theory a scientific
reinforcement while adding a fresh
perspective that is more tangible
cognition and neurology combined with
development gives a thorough look at how
we mature and how much control we have
over the direction of development this
research can be used with traumatic
brain injury and other neurological
disorders acquired brain injury is
easier to research because there is a
comparison of the brain before the
trauma abnormal development makes it
challenging to distinguish inherent
ability from subsequent adaptations but
the research could benefit many
cognitive behavioral therapy can be used
to teach patients more effective
patterns of thinking such as avoiding negative thoughts disorders caused by
chemical imbalances can also benefit
from CBT when a symptom as the physical
by-product changes the person's behavior
that behavior reinforces the imbalance
this is seen with habit forming the more
we do something or think a certain way
we are literally rewriting our neural
pathways if we want to alter our
behavior we need to be proactively aware
of our thoughts this can help with
addiction, rehabilitation, trauma recovery
and many more research psychology has
many consultative aspects that overlap
with experimentation
there's consultative work in early
development such as schools churches
youth groups where specialists in
development may offer advice on
individuals student need our group
curriculum based on research gathered in
the field forensic psychologists may
consult on individual cases with social
workers and organizational psychologists
may consult with businesses helping make
the workplace run effectively increase
worker satisfaction there are more
fields and experimental research on
public health workplace safety research
on group mentality and much more these
are some jobs that coincide with a
cognitive degree and I think make a
considerable impact health psychologists
look at the social and personal factors
that affect preventable medical
disorders according to Jason Parnell
health disparity is not just a look at
personal responsibility is a
multi-faceted problem the data acquired
tries to determine high-risk groups and
bring awareness to people in the issue
the prerequisites for this job are at
least a master's the pay for service
related careers is around 80,000 for
clinical psychology a doctorate is
required with at least a one-year
internship and seminar participation
some of the skills required for this job
are being able to step out of your
comfort zone and be empathetic to the
parents struggles the day is
exceptionally good anywhere from 50 to
300,000 the work can be emotionally
draining but very meaningful and fun too
it inspires creativity and is
intellectually stimulating
organizational and consulting psychology
consists of helping businesses run
efficiently Edward Salas who works
with NASA says "my job is to study and
solve in nearly 30 years I've never been
bored" a doctorate is recommended for this
field the skills
our knowledge of the fields you're
working with and being able to analyze
the attitudes of those workplaces the
starting salary for a masters is 65,000
a doctoater 81 and private sector can make
a hundred Judith S. Blanton is a private
organizational psychologist she says
there some risk due to the
independent nature of the job, when you
get paid and how much is undetermined
environmental psychology shows how we
react to nature and our environment and
how our surroundings affect our mood and
productivity there's even research in
how we respond to colors this field requires a doctorate starting pay 65 moving
to 90 with administration at 110 susan
clinton says "it's just so satisfying to
think that the things i learned can be
applied to actually change people's
behaviors that my research might
actually help in a small way to protect
the environment and therefore to provide
healthy environments for people and
wildlife in the future"
she works at disney world getting people
excited about animals clinical
neuropsychology is a rapidly changing
field is used to treat diagnose and
research, disorders with consultative
aspects and clinical ones it is moving
into the medical industry the
requirements are proficiency and
neuroanatomy and co-relating disorders a
doctorate plus two years supervised
training and board certification is
highly recommended skill sets needed are
rote memory special cognition knowledge
of multiculturalism and linguistics as
well as critical thinking the mean pay
in 2010 for data board-certified was 158
versus not certified at 118 research
psychology is typically funded by
universities, hospitals, private donors, or
medical foundations working in a
university is most financially assured
option but the research can be slowed
due to educational obligations donor
foundation funding is less reliable with
more freedom this field requires a
doctorate degree in clinical psychology
and scientific knowledge because funding
can be pulled it can be stressful and
the research direction may lean towards
finances over science cognitive
psychology is useful in things like
shaping our perceptions choosing our
habits managing and treating disorders
and functioning wholly as a society
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