PSY-102 Psychology in Your Life Topic 1- General Psychology Careers in Psychology

Directions: After reviewing the Topic 1 Class Resources, answer the

following questions below. Each response should be 75-150 words. Support

your responses with a minimum of two peer-reviewed or scholarly sources

(i.e., the textbook, articles located in the GCU Library articles, or other class

materials). APA formatted in-text citations and full references are required.

1.Describe a subfield in psychology related to your major or career path. (For

example, if you are a business major, you might explore Industrial

Organizational Psychology).

There are three major subfields of psychology that will benefit me in my

major and those are developmental, behavioral, and cognitive psychology.

The one subfield that I picked that was related to my career path is

developmental psychology because I am going to be focusing on the

development of the children that I am around during my workday. I am

going to be a daycare provider and a teacher at the same time, so I am

going to have to understand how to help the children from one stage of life

to the other.

2.Describe the role of a psychologist who works in the subfield. (For example,

what does an IO psychologist do? Describe their tasks, who they work with,

environments they work in, populations they serve, etc.)

The role of the psychologist in developmental psychology try to understand

what the things in children’s lives that are impact their development from

one stage to another. So, they work with children and people that surround

the children during their everyday lives. By working with these people and

children they get to work around the surroundings. They notice things like

environment and surroundings because those things are the most

impactful things that help with the development of a children’s social skills

and social experiences. (Burke 2022).

3.How does this subfield complement your major? In what ways might the

work of a psychologist in this subfield impact your future career?

This subfield complements my major because I am going to be making the

environment for these young children to grow and develop in. after I see

how the children react to the environment, I have set for them then I will

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