Students majoring in applied psychology mainly study the basic theories and knowledge of psychology, and have good scientific literacy after being trained in psychological scientific thinking and scientific experiments. Have the basic ability to carry out psychological experiments and psychological measurement, and the ability to apply psychological theory and technology to a related field and solve practical problems.
Employment orientation of applied psychology;
First, 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 have set up public courses in psychology, with master of psychology as the teacher of public courses in psychology.
Second, civil servants. It is generally the public security system that recruits psychology graduate students as civil servants: public security bureau, reeducation-through-labor center, prison, border checkpoint, etc. Are all possible places. Some units have strict physical requirements for employees, while others need physical fitness tests.
Third, enterprises. Psychology graduate students go to enterprises that focus on headhunting (talent agency), enterprise consulting and human resource management. 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.
Fourth, primary and secondary schools. Undergraduate students are generally recruited, and the psychological counseling department is mainly used as a "vase" to cope with the inspection of the education department, so the future is not optimistic and the income is low, so graduate students are generally disdainful, unless they can't find a job, they are generally not considered.
Fifth, psychological counseling workers. Judging from the current situation in China, the domestic industry simply engaged in psychological counseling may not be able to maintain a certain standard of living, and it needs to develop if it wants to have the wages of foreign counterparts.
Sixth, hospitals and clinics. Students who study clinical psychology and medical psychology can go to hospitals or psychological clinics to engage in psychological counseling and treatment. However, in view of the current demand for psychologists in China and the need for a medical license to go to a hospital, it is more difficult.