![]() ![]() Source Data: The American Psychological Association Black Psychologists Making Important Contributions to the Field Social psychologists focus their research, teaching, and activism on areas such as the perceived connections between race and crime, the relationship between black people/communities and policing, how people manage being the targets of discrimination, how stereotyping affects academic performance, and issues arising from the Drug War. Social Psychology is the study of how individuals affect and are affected by other people and by their social and physical environments. The APA also says that Black scholars in the field are making an impact particularly in the area of social psychology. However, by 2016, roughly 10% of the psychology doctorates awarded were to Black graduates. The APA reports that as of 2015, roughly four percent of psychologists in the U.S. Psychologists can pursue careers in a wide range of fields also, including school counseling, substance abuse treatment, special education, or clinical practice, for those with an advanced degree. Psychology is an extremely complex and diverse field of study, affording the practitioner the opportunity to specialize in numerous areas of research including experimental, cognitive, developmental, and social psychology, among others. According to the American Psychological Association (APA), Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior, a discipline that has emerged from within the field of philosophy. ![]()
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