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Hannah
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What math class should I take in high school if I want to major in psychology in college?
I want to major in psych and I don't know what math class to take right now. I've taken both algebras, geometry, and I am currently taking honors pre-calc
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Brandy Morris
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Statistics would be helpful, as you will need to be able to read academic journals.
Michelle M.
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Hello, Hannah !
The predominant math used in the Psychology field for practicing psychologists is Statistics, so I would advise taking it in high school as well as when in college.
Depending on where you end up working, you may or may not have to do your own calculations for statistics of your services. Records are kept of the amount of people served and also broken down in categories. It's important when your company or agency applies for funding as well as when your company is audited. I was previously a Director of a Case Management Community Service for seven years, never aced Algebra in high school and never took Math in college. I found no problem doing the statistics for this agency, however. so with your aptitude for Math as you've mentioned, you should have no problem.
Keep in mind that in college, Clinical Statistics may/should/can be offered through the Psychology Department as part of the required courses, not in the Math Department. You should take the Psychology based statistics course class in college.
Take whatever Math your high school offers, but classes in high school of psychology, sociology and health science will be most valuable to you in high school for this career.
Best wishes in all you do !
The predominant math used in the Psychology field for practicing psychologists is Statistics, so I would advise taking it in high school as well as when in college.
Depending on where you end up working, you may or may not have to do your own calculations for statistics of your services. Records are kept of the amount of people served and also broken down in categories. It's important when your company or agency applies for funding as well as when your company is audited. I was previously a Director of a Case Management Community Service for seven years, never aced Algebra in high school and never took Math in college. I found no problem doing the statistics for this agency, however. so with your aptitude for Math as you've mentioned, you should have no problem.
Keep in mind that in college, Clinical Statistics may/should/can be offered through the Psychology Department as part of the required courses, not in the Math Department. You should take the Psychology based statistics course class in college.
Take whatever Math your high school offers, but classes in high school of psychology, sociology and health science will be most valuable to you in high school for this career.
Best wishes in all you do !
Brandon Rigoli
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I recommend taking Logic.
mike pszeniczny
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I would suggest to take all the Advanced Math classes available.
Ava Hathorn
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Definitely take Statistics!!! It’s super important to learn because of its correlation to experimental psychology which is a focal point in learning about the history and ethics of psychology. Without statistics, psychology would not be as trust worthy as it is now. In my own experience statistics was influential in many ways especially when it comes to observing graphs and other areas of data collection (surveys, histograms, pie charts etc.). I hope this helps people!