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Psychology

By Team Career Today

Is the demand for Psychology picking up in India?

As a discipline, Psychology sees growing demand in India. It is a popular choice of subject among class 11 and 12 students, college, graduates and postgraduates. The subject has a wide scope. Among many sub- domains, the major ones include social psychology, counselling psychology, clinical psychology, forensic psychology, business psychology, industrial organisational psychology, school psychology, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, biopsychology, experimental psychology and applied psychology.

Besides, psychology is an interdisciplinary applied field studied with subjects like biology, philosophy, sociology, economics, political science, anthropology, law, media , advertising, consumer behaviour and many others. Psychology graduates can make their mark as clinical psychologist (as therapist treat children, elderly and those with specific disorders); counselling psychologist (treat people with adjustment problems in academic settings, counselling centres); health psychologist (advising patients for good health in rehabilitation centres, hospitals); teaching and research (teaching school students, undergraduate, Master's and doctoral level lot in universities); and industrial psychologist (who counsel empl0yees for healthy work environment in public and private sectors).

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