Research psychologists investigate the neural, cognitive, emotional, or social aspects of human behaviour. Psychologists in applied fields provide mental health care in hospitals, clinics, schools, or private settings. Psychologists are concerned with how people act, think, reason, and feel. They formulate hypotheses and collect data to test those hypotheses. There is a key bit of knowledge which is important in understanding why we teach what we teach.
Psychology is a science AND a profession.
That is not true of most university subjects e.g. Maths or Physics or English. You study the science during your undergraduate course and then get the professional training at a postgraduate level. The APS requires that undergraduate training in Psychology must have certain components and must NOT have applied training components. You can read much more about APS and careers in Psychology on our home page. The areas covered include social psychology, personality, neuroscience, sensory processing, learning, perception, child development, abnormal psychology, cognitive processes including memory.