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Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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psychologist Occupational skill for the role 'psychologist' (also: psychology researcher, occupational psychologist, practitioner of counselling psychology, expert in counselling psychology, expert counselling psychologist, specialist counselling psychologist). Use when the user asks for typical psychologist work such as: Develop and use multimedia course materials and other current technology, such as online courses.; Recruit and hire new faculty.; Write letters of recommendation for students.

Psychologist

Psychologists study the behaviour and mental processes in humans. They provide services to clients who deal with mental health issues and life issues such as bereavement, relationship difficulties, domestic violence, and sexual abuse. They also provide counselling for mental health issues such as eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorders, and psychosis in order to help the clients rehabilitate and reach a healthy behaviour.

Core workflow

  1. Develop and use multimedia course materials and other current technology, such as online courses.
  2. Recruit and hire new faculty.
  3. Write letters of recommendation for students.
  4. Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as abnormal psychology, cognitive processes, and work motivation.
  5. Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers.
  6. Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
  7. Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
  8. Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.

How to use this skill

Key competences (essential)

  • apply for research funding
  • apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
  • behavioural disorders
  • body language
  • build trust
  • client-centred counselling
  • communicate with a non-scientific audience
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • conduct forensic evaluations
  • conduct psychological assessement
  • conduct research across disciplines
  • consultation
  • counsel clients
  • counselling methods
  • demonstrate disciplinary expertise

Hot technologies

  • IBM SPSS Statistics
  • SAS
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • R
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Google Docs
  • Microsoft Word

Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/52ded7d7-11df-42e3-b90a-d7f4b70fb4b9), ONET 30.3 (25-1066.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*