What Exactly Is “General Psychology”?
Question by Alex: What exactly is “general psychology”?
I’m 14 years old and I would like to major in psychology. However, many schools have a “sub” unit i suppose you could say. What is the difference between counseling psychology and general psychology?
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Answer by Vulcan
General psychology probably takes in counseling type psychology too. But most psychologists are hired by industry to figure out how to screw people out of their money. Years ago even Erik Fromm was hired by the cigarette companies to get women to start smoking! And he did it too!!! One wonders how many women Erik Fromm’s work murdered!
Psychologists are hired by FOX FAKE “News” to figure out how to sell republican lies to people who live in trailers. It is the psychologist’s business to try and understand what motivates people – what can you do to sway their mood or their vote or their buying habits.
Counseling psychology is talking to people about their problems obviously. Interesting and important work – but you do need some training for that – it’s not quite as easy as people tend to think. Counseling is not something where you’re trying to talk somebody out of their money or sway their mood. You help them understand what they’re feeling – that’s all.
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