| Got something to say about Freud and his mother? | | | | a man of ideas. Students studying psychology will |
| Then studying psychology in college may be for you. | | | | have the opportunity to form and test their own ideas, |
| Applying for psychology scholarships can ease the | | | | and aid in the lab research of other students and |
| financial burden of college. | | | | professors. Lab work may offer college students |
| Students planning to study psychology in college are | | | | other opportunities to earn money, or extra classroom |
| eligible for general and achievement scholarship dollars, | | | | credit, to supplement their psychology scholarship |
| but there are also psychology scholarships specifically | | | | awards. Psychology research work may include |
| for students in this major. Colleges and universities | | | | observing behavior and thinking patterns of animals |
| may offer their own psychology scholarship, and some | | | | and individuals in various settings. |
| programs may include money for incoming students. | | | | Some of the psychology scholarships offered to |
| Some departments award scholarships once a | | | | incoming students are given by the American |
| student is enrolled. | | | | Psychological Association. The APA is the world's |
| In addition to traditional psychology scholarships, there | | | | largest association of psychologists, boasting 148,000 |
| are also grants that help pay for school or special | | | | members, according to the group's Web site. The |
| projects, like research or fellowships. | | | | headquarters are in Washington, D.C. The group offers |
| Many people confuse the work of psychologists with | | | | good information for psychology students or high |
| psychiatrists. Psychiatry is a branch of medicine. | | | | school students thinking of entering the field. They |
| Doctors of psychiatry help patients with their mental | | | | have information on careers, accredited college |
| health. This may include therapy sessions or prescribing | | | | programs, recommended reading as well as a student |
| medicine. | | | | forum and job search help. The APA also hosts an |
| Psychologists, on the other hand, study behavior and | | | | annual convention. |
| mental perceptions. They observe the way humans | | | | If you do not receive an APA scholarship do not be |
| and animals think and deal with situations, studying | | | | disheartened. As noted, there are other means to help |
| relationships, emotion, perception, interaction and | | | | pay for your psychology education. Psi Chi, the national |
| cognition. | | | | honor society for psychology students, for example, |
| Lab work is central to the study of psychology. | | | | also gives out psychology scholarships and research |
| Without his dogs, Pavlov would have been nothing but | | | | grants to college students. |