About My Interest in Psychology

Branch of Study
   When I think of psychology the very first thing I think of is doing experiments on everybody everything from children to the elderly. Wanting to do research on everyone from McDonalds employees to US Navy SEALS. It has always intrigued me that we could learn so much about our brains and how they work and I would like to dive into the research as well looking to find out new reasons why things work how they do in our mind . Which is why I am interested in the field of experimental psychology.

What topics are studied within this branch?
     1. Sensation

     2. Perception

     3.Emotion

     4. Motivation

     5. Cognation

     6. Learning

     7. Memory

     8. Developmental processes

What education or training is required?

        A doctoral degree is usually required but some lower level positions and government officials will accept a bachelors or masters degree. The doctoral program is usually between 4-7 years and consist of classroom, clinical, and laboratory instruction. on average student do 8-12 years of  schooling after high school. The average phycologist will make around $75,000 a year.

What kind of jobs relate to this field?

        Most often they work in private research facilities or universities, but sometimes they will also work for businesses or even the government. The main focus of theses phycologist is statistics, research, and experimentation.

Who are the prominent psychologist/Professionals in this field?
        Psychologist working in field are dominantly in private research facilities and schools as professors


American Psychological Association, American Psychological Association, www.apa.org/action/science/experimental/index.aspx.

“Career in Experimental Psychology | Learn About the Field.” AllPsychologySchools.com, www.allpsychologyschools.com/clinical-psychology/career-in-experimental-psychology/.

About Me

        Hello my name is Ramon Santiago and I was born in Chicago. When I was born, I had a birth defect and had to go into four surgeries a few days after I was born, which left me with the scars to this day. I moved to Texas when I was four where my family had moved in with my grandma. After living there for a few years we moved out to move in with a guy my mother had been dating. Which all happened around when I was about six and shortly after, they got married. Then when I was in fifth grade I moved to Tye where I started attending Merkel Middle School. I met my best friend that year and we have been friends since. His name is Tristin

        In middle school I started to pick up some extracurricular classes like athletics, band and art. I also had a few of my pieces of work submitted to the Grace to be displayed and recieved an art award. Also around this time I started to play football, basketball and track.

        In high school I decided to keep running track and playing football but art and basketball just didn't fit into my schedule so I had to drop them. I also kept playing in the band which I ended up going to state during my senior year. I was a starter on varsity football my junior and senior year until getting an ankle injury my senior which brought  an end to my sports career leaving me to focus on band. I played the tenor saxophone and piano in concert band. I also played the drums in jazz band where I made some of the best memories of my life. Such as when I went to the Eastland jazz festival and Dr. Cottrell gave me an outstanding musician award. I also managed to be friends with a majority of my high school because of my outgoing personality which led me to getting homecoming king along side one of my best friends Kiersten who was the queen. I also met the women I have been dating since my junior year in high school; who has made a significant impact on my life and has been there for me sense we met. Her name is Alexix.

        I am currently attending Hardin Simmons University where I have met many friends and made lots of fun memories where I hope to make many more as the years continue.