Psychology major course
I. Core knowledge areas
The core knowledge field of psychology mainly involves professional knowledge such as introduction to psychology, experimental psychology, psychostatistics, psychometrics, developmental psychology, social psychology, biological psychology, cognitive psychology, personality psychology, history and theory of psychology.
The core theories of psychology include psychoanalysis, behaviorism, humanism, cognitivism, constructivism, cultural history, ecology, evolution and reductionism.
The core knowledge base includes the basic principles of psychology, the historical development of psychology, the interaction between mind and body, the nervous system, the basic laws of individual psychology, the basic laws of group psychology, the basic manifestations and mechanisms of psychopathology, the methods and techniques of psychological behavior measurement and statistics, etc.
Second, the basic content of professional teaching
Colleges and universities can strengthen or increase the teaching content of some majors according to their own orientation, talent training objectives, industry and regional characteristics and students' development needs. Examples are as follows.
Students' psychological development and education, learning strategies, problem solving and creativity, behavior norms and morality, etc. Theoretical model of psychological abnormality, classification and diagnosis of abnormal psychology, basic symptoms of psychological disorder, psychosomatic diseases, substance abuse and dependence, etc. Individual psychology and management, incentive theory and application, group psychology and management, organizational structure and design. The ethics of psychological counseling, the establishment of counseling relationship, etc.
Employment prospect of psychology major
With the improvement of social and economic life and the rapid development of science and technology, medicine has changed from the traditional biomedical model to the biopsychosocial medical model. Medical psychology and psychological counseling have become an important part of modern medicine, and they have been paid more and more attention and demand by society.
In order to provide on-the-job personnel with opportunities to study postgraduate courses, China Academy of Sciences, China Renmin University, Beijing Normal University and other major universities have set up on-the-job postgraduate courses in psychology, aiming at developing post-university continuing education and cultivating high-level professionals.
Not only all normal universities and some comprehensive universities have set up various psychology courses, but also some key normal universities and some key comprehensive universities have set up psychology departments to train undergraduates, master students and doctoral students. Various psychology training courses have spread from schools to society, from classroom teaching to TV teaching.
1, colleges and universities, which is the main destination of psychology graduate students after graduation. In recent years, colleges and universities have paid more and more attention to students' mental health, and set up public psychology courses in succession. The master of psychology is the teacher of public psychology courses in colleges and universities.
2, civil servants, recruiting psychology graduate students as civil servants is generally the public security system, education administrative departments: public security bureau, reeducation through labor, prisons, border checkpoints, etc. Are all possible places.
3, enterprises, psychology graduate students go to enterprises mainly headhunting talent evaluation institutions, enterprise consulting and human resource management, planning and design companies. Postgraduates in psychology are different from students majoring in human resource management. Students majoring in psychology advocate humanized management, which is complementary to students majoring in human resource management.
4. Hospitals and clinics. Students majoring in clinical psychology and medical psychology can go to hospitals or psychological clinics to engage in psychological counseling and treatment.
5, psychological counseling workers, the domestic industry from the current situation in China, simply engaged in psychological counseling is not a very profitable career, in order to have the salary of foreign counterparts, we must further strive to open up the market and improve our consulting level.