Careers+in+Psychology

**__Different careers in Psychology and their definitions...__**
Sport Psychologist - Someone who works with an athlete to help them reach peak performace and also to teach them skills to help them manage their lives outside of sport. **(Harry)**

Clinical Psychologist - Someone who works in a clinic. Your job is to do genereal assesments on patients to determine any mental health problems. You can specialise in any area in pyschology as long as you work in a clinic. (**Kali)**

Health Psychologist- A Health Psychologist helps people to live a healthy life style, and can design an excersize and dietary program to suit you and your life style. A Health Psychologist also helps with the prevent and treat psychological illnesses. They help to improve the health care system (Maddy H)

__Cognitive Psychologist__: This focuses on how people process and remember and use information. For example; perceive, learn, think and solve problems and make decisions. **(Lisa & Shawny)**

__Biological Psychologist:__ A biological psychologist focuses on behaviour and mental process and associates them with bodily structures and activates.**(Lisa and Shawny)**

__Forensic Psychologist:__ Forensic Psychologists use their psychological knowledge in the leagl and justice system. They condust research on criminal behaviour and children affected by violence. Forensic Psychologists sometimes appear in court. **(Sarah,Elise and Maddie B)**