UNIVERSIDAD PRIVADA SAN JUAN BAUTISTA

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD

ESCUELA PROFESIONAL DE PSICOLOGIA

CURSO
INGLÉS TÉCNICO II
TEMA
Carrer Ocupations
Academic Psychologist, clinical psychologyst, engineering psychologyst,
psychometrician.

DOCENTE:
MENDOZA LARICO LUCIA BEATRIZ
CLASS N° 15
Career options
 EPICS

Objective :

Learning about definitions related to career options

Reading
Job Board

By industry
 READING
Academics
East university is looking for an academic psychologist. Responsibilities include
empirical research and regular publication in scholarly journals. We prefer a
candidate who already possesses a PsyD or PhD. But we will consider graduate
students who are still finishing a doctoral degree program. Click for your posting.
The Arbor Academy is interested in a school psychologist and psychometrician
for temporary contracts. We need fully qualified candidates with an MA or specialist
license. The psychologist will help students achieve performance goals. Click for
full posting.
Private Firms
A major multi-product brand seeks a consumer psychologist. You must
understand different marketing strategies. The psychologist will assess and report
on poorly performing products.
A full time engineering psychologist is needed for temporary project. This
regional firm recently doubled in size. However, we cannot afford to upgrade to a
larger office space. We need ideas for organizational and ergonomics
improvements.
Government Agencies
Wiinfields Air Base requires a military psychologists. The primary responsibilities
is to evaluate military personnel before deployment. Click for full posting.
The Department of Education needs a consulting psychologist. The job involves
the assessment of educational structure in public schools. We prefer someone with
experience as a clinical psychologist or counseling psychologist. We also
require an EdD . Click for full posting.
 Get ready
A. Before you read the passage, talk about these questions
1. What are the educational requirement for psychologists in
your country?
Universities typically offer a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral program in
psychology. Some companies require their psychologists possess advanced,
doctoral degrees. Others allow psychologist to work while attaining their
degree. While it is rare, it is possible to work as a psychologists with only a
bachelor’s degree. Some people attain specialist licenses for very particular
psychologists positions. They cannot perform other services unless they
possess more advanced training and qualification.
2. How is psychoogy used in the educational system?

In practice, many psychologists remain in academics or education. There are

career options in all levels of education. Some specialize in scholarly in all levels
of education. Some specialize in scholarly or scientific research at the university
level. Others work at elementary or high school levels as counselors and treat
behavioral and learning issues for students. One of the most common fields, yet
not well-known is psychometrics. A psychometrician specializes in the
psychological measurement of certain abilities. They assess evaluation programs,
such as standardized tests and personality quizzes.
 Reading
Read the job posting. Then, complete the table

Position Duties Qualifications

Perform empirical research PsyD, PhD, or doctoral

Academic psychologist 1. and publish journal articles.
degree in progress
School Psychologist and Help students achieve
2. Psychometrician 3. Ma or specialist license.
performance goals

Assess educational Experience in clinical or

Consulting Psychologist 4. structure in schools. 5. counseling psychololgy, EdD
 Vocabulary
• Match the words or phrases (1-7) with the definition (A-G)
1 PhD 3 5 Clinical psychologist Counseling
B Psychometrician F D 7 psychologist
H
2 EdD 4 School 6 Academic psychologist Consulting
E
psychologist A C 8 psychologist G

a) Someone who specializes in learning and behavioral issues in children.

b) A general post-graduate or doctoral degree.
c) Someone who specializes in scientific, scholarly and empirical research.
d) Someone who specializes in personality and behavioral issues.
e) A post-graduate research or doctoral degree in education
f) Someone who specializes in the psychological measurement of knowledge
g) Someone who specializes in assessment and intervention
h) Someone who specializes in counseling, training, or career development.
 Fill in the blanks with the correct words or phrases from the word
bank.
Military psychologist Consumer psychologist Ma
Psy D Engineering Psychologist
1. The student studied for two years to earn her ___________________
MA

2. All of the pilots had to meet with a(n)______________before

Military psychologist deploying.

3. At the end of the doctoral program, the student will receive

a(n)____________.
PsyD

4. The manufacturer ordered a marketing report from a(n)_______________

Consumer psychologist

Engineering psychologist
5. The ________________redesigned the office space to make it more
efficent.
 What experience is a consulting psychologist likely
to have?

A consulting psychologist specializes in assessment and intervention in

professional or educational environments, and is likely to have a background in
clinical or counseling psychology.
 Listening
Listen to a conversation between a interviewer and job applicant. Then
mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F).

F
1 ___ The woman is hiring a psychologist for a private firm.
2 ___
T The man previosly worked as a consulting psychologist.
T
3 ___ The man completed a doctoral dissertation on psychometrics
 Listen again and complete the conversation
Interviewer: I´m glad to hear. Now, Interviewer: Do you have any other
I understan that
1_____________your experience is specialized experience?
actually with private firms.
Applicant: Right. I was a 2 Applicant: Yes, I did my clinical
__________________at
Consulting psychologist a large internship assisting a
corporation for a few years. 5__________________.
School psychologist I helped with
Interviewer : What performance improvement.
Were your responsabilities
3______________________there?
Applicant: I managed Interviewer: Oh really! I wasn’t
4._______________________.
Employee behavioral assessments I also Aware of that____Did you work with
6.__________
performed some duties of a psychometrics?
counseling psychologist.