Thursday, April 12, 2012

Careers in Social Sciences




STEM Careers in the Social Sciences: Aging Studies, Economics, Environmental Studies, Geography, International Affairs, Interdisciplinary Social Science, Political Science, Public Administration and Sociology.

Christina Lee, Ella's mom, who has a PhD in Psychology, spoke with Team 6-4 on Tuesday, about the Social Sciences, specifically Psychology.  Listed below is the education necessary as well as some of the tasks involved:

Ph.D. in Clinical, Counseling, or School Psychology (Masters too—not research) 
Tries to understand human behavior and emotions
Focus on neuropsychology
Precise measurements
Balance clinical with scientific rigor
Ethics 
Publish findings for public/other psychologists 
Alleviate suffering 
             The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research.


             Ella's mom did the Stroop Test with us which tests selective attention, processing speed and cognitive flexibility.   Check it out!





22 comments:

  1. This was a super cool presentation especially the Stroop Test. Thank you so much for enriching our STEM Series with your knowledge and expertise!

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  2. Thank you, Ella's mom, for coming to our class and sharing with us what you do for your job. I loved the stroop test. I thought it was so much fun and interesting. Thank you again for coming to our class.
    Gil

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  3. Thank you so much for coming in! I liked doing the Stroop Test! It was fun! You job seems like a cool job!
    Thanks,
    Abigail :)

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  4. Dear Ella's mom,
    Thanks for coming to our class and telling us about your job! I have seen the stroop test before, but had no idea what it was called. Do you know when the test was made? Thanks again,
    Emma

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  5. The stroop test was very interesting. Why does your brain think one way but you say the other?




    ___ Adir

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  6. Thank you for coming into our class and teaching us about your job! I never knew that social science and science were two different things. Fortunatly, you came into our class and explained it to us. I thought the test was really fun to do. I've learned so many things from this experience and I appreciate you coming into our class and teaching us about your job. Thanks again!!!

    Sincerely,
    Yordi

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  7. Dear Ella's mom,
    Thanks for coming in to tell us about your job! I have seen the stroop test before, but I never knew what it was called! Do you know when the test was invented? Thanks again,
    Emma

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  8. Dear Ella's mom,
    Thanks for coming in to tell us about your job! I have seen the Stroop test before, I i had no idea what it was called! Do you know when it was invented?
    Thanks again,
    Emma

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  9. Thank you for coming in and teachings us. I really liked the stroop test and I thought that the National Institute of Health looked very big.

    Andrew

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  10. Thanks for coming to our class! Your presentation was awesome and interesting. My favorite part was the Stroop Test. It was kind of hard, but fun.
    Thanks again,
    Maya

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  11. i think this is cool to me it seems so fun i would really like to learn more about it Thanks for coming in
    From Ethan S

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  12. Thanks a lot for coming into our classroom. I really learned a lot. The Stroop Test was very interesting. It was kind of like a tongue twister with the different colors, and the different words. Your coming in was really fun. Thanks.
    Ben

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  13. Thank you so much for coming to talk to our class! I really liked the test where you have to call out the color of color words! I really learned a lot!

    --Elziabeth

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  14. Thank you for coming! The Stroop Test was really fun. What is your favorite part about psychology?

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  15. I loved this presentation it was very cool. I loved the stroop test, because I got fooled a couple of times :P

    Thanks so much

    Irene,

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    1. Thanks for teaching us about how the brain could react to different materials. It was really interesting how some people have to use things like nicotine to make themselves feel different ways in order to break bad habits.
      -Jonah

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  16. Dear Mrs.Lee,
    Thank you for coming in and teaching us all about psychology and social science. It was very interesting. What I liked the most about the presentation was the stroop test, it was fun, hard, and confusing! Thanks again for coming in!

    From: Karen Kwan

    P.S. Northeastern is my 3nd favorite collage! Go wolves! :-D :-P :-) ;-) B-)

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  17. dear ellas mom,
    that was an awesome presentation!My favorite test was the color test! i liked working my brain hard! someday i hope to hav or be that career! it sounds really awesome!
    thank you again for taking your time to show us that fabulous presentation!
    sincerely,
    jenny :)

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  18. Thank you Ella's mom for coming into our class and telling us what you do. I loved when you showed us the Stroop Test. The test was much harder then I thought it was going to be but it was still interesting and fun.
    Thanks again,
    Noy

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  19. Thank you for coming to our team and speaking. I found your presentation interesting. The stroop test was interesting, but i was wondering what it shows about people, and what you use the results for. Thanks again,

    -John

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  20. Thank you so much for coming to our classroom and telling us about your job! It was really interesting to learn about how the brain reacts to certain things, and I also think that the Stroop Test was really cool!

    Thanks again!
    -Elaine

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  21. Thank You for teaching me and my fellow classmates about, the many possible jobs and their porpoise in Social Science.
    P.S, I really likes the games we played with the colored words.
    -Nazareth

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