# Studying in America # Introduction With the change of social environment, more and more people realize that mental health is as important as physical health, and the demand for psychological talents in China is increasing day by day. There are positions suitable for psychology students in both clinical and decision-making departments. Let's introduce the American psychology graduate program for American students studying abroad.

Introduction to the direction of American psychology graduate students;

1. Clinical Psychology (Clinical Psychology)

Clinical psychology (partial psychotherapy): through long-term clinical practice and vocational training, the treatment of various serious psychological disorders, psychological crises and even mental disorders.

4. Cognitive Psychology and Psychology (Cognitive Psychology)

Cognitive psychology: the human brain is regarded as an input and output system, with emphasis on how to integrate various information to acquire various knowledge (human cognitive process, artificial intelligence).

13. community psychology

There is only one word difference between community psychology and social psychology, and community psychology, as a relatively new psychological discipline, mainly studies the influence of community environment on groups.

4. Counseling psychology (psychological counseling)

Psychological counseling and help for general psychological disorders to promote growth and development.

5. Developmental Psychology (Developmental Psychology)

Developmental psychology studies the development process and influencing factors of various psychological indicators from fertilized eggs to old age.

Educational psychology (educational psychology)

Educational psychology studies various psychological phenomena and their changes in the process of education and teaching, and reveals the psychological laws of the educated in learning and mastering knowledge, skills, developing intelligence and personality under the influence of education and teaching; Study the psychological characteristics of moral quality and the relationship between education and psychological development.

Once, experimental psychology (experimental psychology)

Experimental psychology is the psychology of conducting research under the control of the laboratory. The development of experimental psychology in recent years shows that it is slightly different from psychology that specializes in a certain aspect, such as learning psychology, and it is more a methodology for studying psychology.

⒏FamilyPsychology (family psychology)

(9) ⒐GeneralPsychology (Basic Psychology)

Basic psychology, that is, general psychology, is a psychology that studies the basic principles of psychology and the general laws of psychological phenomena. It is the most basic and universal subject in all branches of psychology, and it is also the first specialized course for students majoring in psychology.

⒑ Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Industrial Organizational Psychology)

Industrial organization psychology, a branch of psychology applied to the industrial field. It mainly studies people's behavior law and its psychological basis at work, including management psychology, labor psychology, engineering psychology, personnel psychology, consumer psychology and so on.

5. Personality psychology (personality psychology)

Personality psychology studies personality. In psychology, the connotation of personality and personality is the same.

5] physiological psychology/psychology (physiological psychology)

Physiological psychology studies the physiological basis of psychology and the influence of physiological changes on psychology (heredity and behavior, biology and behavior).

⒔ psychology and quantitative psychology (psychological research methods)

How to study individual or collective behavior and psychology as scientifically as possible. Various methods of collecting and collating survey data. Basic subjects include: psychostatistics, psychometrics (applied to psychological testing, psychostatistics software, psychotherapy management software).

5. School Psychology (School Psychology)

School psychology is a comprehensive professional activity and also a professional psychology that provides services for school education. Provide psychological knowledge and practical guidance for students, parents, educators and school education process, provide psychological evaluation, intervention, prevention, health promotion, program design and evaluation services for students' development in schools, families and other systems, create a positive learning environment, and promote students' physical and mental health development.

5] social psychology (social psychology)

Social psychology is a branch of psychology that studies the social psychological phenomena of individuals and groups. Individual social psychological phenomenon refers to the thoughts, emotions and behaviors of individuals restricted by others and groups, such as interpersonal perception, interpersonal attraction, social promotion and social inhibition, obedience, etc. Group social psychological phenomenon refers to the unique psychological characteristics of the group itself, such as group cohesion, social psychological atmosphere and group decision-making.

China's universities are "strict entry and wide exit", while American universities are just the opposite. After studying in the United States, many China students realize that American universities should treat them with a full-time attitude, instead of studying in China.

Students eat, drink, socialize and study in the same place: the university campus. Both academic discussions, extracurricular and community activities are held here; Especially near the mid-term and final exams, students feel the pressure of this "full-time job" deeply. Class is only a small part, and more time needs to be spent outside the classroom: homework, group research, various discussions; It is not uncommon to spend more than 40 hours a week completing courses, and skipping classes should never be tried in American universities. In the end, you will be expelled from the school because of "skipping classes".

Poor academic performance:

Poor academic performance is mainly reflected in low GPA. Each school has different requirements for the minimum GPA, but the basic situation is that the minimum requirement for undergraduates is 2.0 and that for postgraduates is 3.0. Generally speaking, a four-year bachelor's degree in American universities has 120- 180 credits; Master's degree for 2 years, about 40 credits; In fact, there are only three or four classes in a semester, and the average weekly class is 1 and 2 classes. The American educational philosophy is intensive reading and thorough study of the courses studied. Generally speaking, the pressure of the course is not very great, and judging from the educational experience of China students, it is very dominant to study the course, and it is also very difficult to fail the exam to the point of being expelled.