Sport Psychologist Career Research Paper
. The work interest scores of typical Industrial-Organizational Psychologists are a 50 in social, 55 in artistic, 67 in enterprising, 83 in investigative, 17 in realistic, and 28 in conventional. My scores fell similar or greater with this career in the social, artistic, realistic (29.167), and conventional (25). They fell short in the enterprising and investigative categories. The values that are found in people in this career are altruism, creativity, income, independence, and prestige. Two of these values, altruism and creativity, were ones I had. There are many skills that people within this career have such as decision making, helping, time management, listening, and problem solving. In my assessment, I had the skills of problem solving
…show more content…
Prior to this search, I had never heard of a Sport Psychologist. I honestly had no idea it was even a career possibility. A Sport Psychologist is an individual who has various different purposes. It is the combination of psychology, exercise sciences, kinesiology, and human performance. Typical duties of a Sports Psychologist are the education of athletes (professional and collegiate) on how to prepare for games and events. They also counsel athletes and help them to look at things outside of the sport, especially for when they retire. A Sport Psychologist wears many hats. The work interest scores of a Sport Psychologist are a 76 in social, 54 in artistic, 70 in enterprising, 70 in investigative, 28 in realistic, and a 45 in conventional. I had two scores that were above these scores, my artistic and realistic scores. My scores were not as high in the other categories though. The values of people who typically go into this career are altruism, creativity, income, independence, and prestige. I also had the values of altruism and creativity. Skills that individuals within this occupation have are helping, listening problem solving, and social perceptiveness. In taking the skills assessment, I noted the skills of helping and problem solving too. Similar to the previous occupation, a career as a Sport Psychologist requires a master’s or doctorate degree. People who work in this occupation earn anywhere from $61,340 to
Prior to this search, I had never heard of a Sport Psychologist. I honestly had no idea it was even a career possibility. A Sport Psychologist is an individual who has various different purposes. It is the combination of psychology, exercise sciences, kinesiology, and human performance. Typical duties of a Sports Psychologist are the education of athletes (professional and collegiate) on how to prepare for games and events. They also counsel athletes and help them to look at things outside of the sport, especially for when they retire. A Sport Psychologist wears many hats. The work interest scores of a Sport Psychologist are a 76 in social, 54 in artistic, 70 in enterprising, 70 in investigative, 28 in realistic, and a 45 in conventional. I had two scores that were above these scores, my artistic and realistic scores. My scores were not as high in the other categories though. The values of people who typically go into this career are altruism, creativity, income, independence, and prestige. I also had the values of altruism and creativity. Skills that individuals within this occupation have are helping, listening problem solving, and social perceptiveness. In taking the skills assessment, I noted the skills of helping and problem solving too. Similar to the previous occupation, a career as a Sport Psychologist requires a master’s or doctorate degree. People who work in this occupation earn anywhere from $61,340 to