COGNITIVE PSYCOLOGIST

SUMMARY

• they study the thought process the study includes topics like: intelligence, anger, problem solving, attention, decision making, language, happiness, perception, memory, forgetting and much more

GOAL OF THIS CAREER

• To figure out how we remember and how old memories and emotions affect our new memories

SCHOOLING

• At least a four year bachelors degree

PAY RANGE

• $114,040 a year median annual salary of $87,330

GOOD/USEFUL CHARACTERISTICS

• Good listening, discretion, inquisitive nature, self-knowledge, comfort with diversity, emotional stability, acute problem solving skills

WHY IT INTERESTED ME

• This psychology career sounded interesting as it is how our brain works, why our emotions are the way they are and why we cant remember things