PSYCHOLOGY IS...

• A study of the mind and behaviors

Psychology is a broad scientific discipline that studies basic processes in the areas of perception, cognition, learning, and behavioral neuroscience and how those processes are integrated in personality, social interaction, development across the lifespan, abnormal psychology, how those basic processes are applied to workplace human-machine system interaction, and human well-being.

• An excellent undergraduate major for many careers

  Psychology is also an excellent undergraduate major to prepare for many careers, including administration, advertising, community relations, human resources, human services, marketing research, public relations, retail sales, education. Majoring in Psychology is also an excellent major to prepare for a graduate program in Psychology or related areas and a professional school.

For more information about areas of specialization in Psychology and career information, go to the American Psychological Association website at www.apa.org or Resources & Related Links.