He or she can, for example, build a career in research, counseling, therapy, medicine, social work or human services. Recent graduates have also entered law, business, industry, religion, advertising, engineering and sociology, since a knowledge of how people behave can be applied in various ways. There are many other possibilities. A psychologist might, for example, need to know how chemicals within the body influence behavior, or how the brain generates emotions or interprets complex sounds. Psychologists are also concerned with how people interact with each other, with how they solve problems, with how people's personalities differ, with how children acquire knowledge and language, with solving family and emotional problems, with animal behavior, and with a great number of other topics.
Students learn the underlying principles of the field of audition.
While career opportunities exist in audiology and industrial noise assessment, the greatest chances are for those with research and experimentation skills. The minor is associated with a major in industrial hygiene offered at nearby Clarkson University. Our Graduates SUNY Potsdam psychology majors have entered a variety of careers, from research and teaching careers at colleges and universities, doing research on such subjects as diseases associated with aging, to social services and counseling jobs. The graduates also include a school superintendent, a manager in a large insurance company, and a partner in a marketing and consulting firm that supports businesses owned by women and underrepresented groups. Facilities SUNY Potsdam's laboratories for the study of psychology include 20 rooms and nine observational cubicles.