Health psychology 3. Placement in research institutions. Group research project. Environmental psychology activities. Diagnostic assessments and interviewing of children, adolescents, and adults.
Practical activities are diverse in nature and extent.
Three of the 7 universities that provided course outlines, did not provide an internship as part of the directed research masters course. One university stated that the only practical activities that students were exposed to were those that form part of the student's dissertation. This is substantiated by the fact that 4 universities considered the design, execution, and analysis of a research project to be part of the practical training, while 3 universities indicated that training was provided in the use of computers and other apparatus to provide students with important research-related skills. The application of psychological tests, diagnostic assessments, and interviewing of children, adults and adolescents appears to receive little attention in the practical training of research psychologists. However, psychotherapists are protected by professional codes which prevent any lay person from using the term psychologist as a means of attracting potential clients.