WP3 by Tabitha Shepard

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Librarian: Kathleen Weessies
Discipline: Psychology
Phone: (517) 884-0849
Email: weessie2msu.edu

Psychology Club

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Michigan State University offers a campus group dedicated to anyone with an interest in the field of Psychology. You can get opportunities to volunteer, engage in service, and listen to speakers!

Psi Chi

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Psi Chi is the International Honor Society in Psychology at Michigan State University. They prepare psychology students with the opportunities and resources for a future in the psychology field.

American Psychological Association

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The American Psychological Association (APA) is a professional organization that promotes communication and the application of psychological science and knowledge to benefit society and improve lives.

Association for Psychological Science

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This professional organization is the advancement of psychological science and works to increase support for psychological research and to promote the use of science-based psychology in the development of public policy.

Speech Pathology

shepa147 — 2023-10-19 20:48:32 UTC

There are a lot of different things I can do with this major but something that interests me the most is working in a public or private K-12 school. I feel like this would be the best choice for me because it focuses on working with kids in a school and I love the hours of working in a school. The median annual wage for speech-language pathologists is $84,140 in May 2022.

Psychology

shepa147 — 2023-10-19 20:53:53 UTC

Psychology is also something that I have been considering getting my major in because like I said earlier, working with kids and helping people has always been a passion of mine. I would probably end up working in private practice because I would make good money. As of May 2022, the median annual wage for psychologists was $85,330.

Get Hired: Career Management

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Aerospace Tech. “I can tell you that the employees that move up and change are the ones that are constantly looking for something else to do.” 1.25

Sales Manager. “Put together multi-tiered plans or goals. Where do you want to be in three years? Where do you want to be in five years? Where do you want to be in 10 years, and literally write those things down. Because those are really going to be your guideposts for the behaviors and activities that you have for the next you know, however many years.” 3.21

Get Hired: Dress for Success: Gender Inclusive

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“Business casual would be the proper attire for circumstances such as a casual work environment, perhaps working for a startup or in the tech industry for instance, academic lecture, on-campus career workshop, networking event, a job shadow, an informational interview, and award ceremony.” 2.29

Joan Pastor, Psychologist and Executive Consultant

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Job Description: “Basically we provide organization and management development consulting, coaching, and training services to private and public organizations around the world.” 0.29-0.42 seconds

Loves and Challenges: “Bottom line, what I love most about what I do, and this is why I decided to become, you know, in, to focus on the field of psychology, is because I love watching people grow.” 0.03-0.10 seconds

How to Prepare: “Everything is definitely about the neuropsychology, so you’re going to definitely want to know everything you can about the brain.” 0.07-0.13 seconds

Kayla St. Holtz, Speech-Language Pathologist with ProMedica

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Job Description: “In the outpatient setting, I primarily work with the pediatric population. So that deals more heavily with their language development and their speech production.” 0.51-1.01 seconds

Loves and Challenges: “So some of the challenges with my job is as much as I love the change every day and getting to meet new people, it’s adaptability and being able to change what your best-laid plan could be one minute needs to change and switch gears really quickly in the next minute for the safety of our patients, for the care of our patients, and just being able to, I guess review the situation, think quickly, and make the best decision in the moment.” 0.29-1.00 seconds

Finding Success: “Making sure that you’re communicating effectively, efficiently, and being clear in the expectations that you’re expecting for others as well as them expecting it on you too.” 0.33-0.45 seconds

Interview

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Holly Engle

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In this interview, Ms. Holly Engle and I dive into what it's like for her to work her day-to-day life in social work and what her life looks like working in the office and working outside of her office.

Me and My Story

shepa147 — 2023-10-26 20:48:48 UTC

Hi, my name is Tabitha! I am currently a freshman at Michigan State University. I've always had a great desire to attend MSU not only because I loved the campus but my dad always wanted one of his kids to follow in his footsteps and I felt like coming here was exactly where I needed to be.

Jesse Hojnoski's Interview

shepa147 — 2023-10-26 20:58:06 UTC

This in-class activity was extremely helpful to me in understanding the guiding questions. I was able to clearly see how each question is used and the different kinds of answers you can get from a question. When I was putting together the questions I was going to ask my interviewee I kept looking back at the class interview and relating some of the questions that were asked in Jesse Hojnoski's interview and looked at how she answered them to give me a clearer understanding of what the question is asking and how the interviewee might answer them.

Reflection

shepa147 — 2023-11-02 20:25:13 UTC

The most enjoyable thing about WP3 was the amount of creativity I was able to have while making this.

Something challenging for me was just making sure that I have everything I needed that is required.

This project has offered me with learning so much in the field of psychology and how many different fields you can go into that I never knew about.

I'm specifically taking away that I am almost 100% sure that this is exactly the career path that I need to be taking.

This project will most definitely influence how I approach my studies with knowing how many opportunities there are when you are going into a psychology major and all the things you can join in the university.

Key Takeaways

shepa147 — 2023-11-02 20:31:45 UTC

I've learned so much from this project and have taken away so many important things that I think will be helpful to me when I go into this degree.

Why psychology has to offer.

Different types of fields that you can go into with this major.

How to go about going into this major.

What you can do with your major.

There are so many options and things that I have learned from doing this project and I'm so thankful that I learned so much about psychology and what if has to offer.

My Passions

shepa147 — 2023-11-02 20:34:38 UTC

I have a lot of passions when it comes to my life, but I would say my biggest passion/dream is to come out of MSU with the degree I've always wanted and work for a company that truly speaks to me and makes me happy

Why I Switched Majors?

shepa147 — 2023-11-02 20:35:31 UTC

I've recently switched over my major from a business major to a psychology major and this took a lot of thought and was really concerning to me, and I didn't know if I was making the right decision. After talking with many different people, I knew this was exactly where I needed to be. One of the biggest factors in helping me make this decision is this assignment itself. After doing lots of research in the field and talking with my interviewee I knew I would enjoy working in this field.

What I Hope MSU Offers

shepa147 — 2023-11-02 20:37:40 UTC

My biggest hope to get out of MSU in 4 years is to truly be happy with the degree choice I choose.

In the psychology major one of the requirements that you need when you graduate is to have worked in an internship or a club or any of the wide variety of choices you get to choose from to be able to graduate. So, I believe this will help me further beyond the education that MSU offers.

What Drives Me?

shepa147 — 2023-11-02 20:38:21 UTC

One of my biggest drives to study this subject was having a big desire to help people, especially kids. I have always loved working with kids, from babysitting to tutoring and I love even more helping people figure out situations they need a little extra help with.

Characteristics and Personality

shepa147 — 2023-11-02 20:38:55 UTC

When I look at my characteristics and personality I feel like this intersects with my ambitions because I am a super outgoing person and love talking with people, making people laugh, and always being someone that someone else can rely on by being this way I feel like this intersects with my ambitions because with working with people on a daily basis this will only make the people around me more comfortable with talking to me.

Works Cited

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