Cognitive Psychology Programs

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Cognitive Psychology is a psychology subspecialty that advances the scientific investigation of human cognition and internal mental processes. In other words, it is the study of memory, language processing, perception, problem solving, and thinking. The objective of this subspecialty is to see how the mind practically functions to achieve understanding.

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Walden University

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BS in Psychology - Graduate School Prep

Southern New Hampshire University

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BA in Psychology/Child & Adolescent Development (Online)

If interested in a career path that specializes in the cognitive growth and functionality of human beings, one must prepare with classes on theory, analysis, and practical research. This profession can make a significant difference in the lives of others--from preparing students to use critical thinking skills in preparation for life after school to helping organizations achieve more efficient use of their employees' talents. As with most careers in psychology, continuing postgraduate education is required.

A cognitive psychologist believes in helping subjects make connections across all realms of the brain to achieve the deepest understanding and competence possible through the human intellect. This type of professional is highly valued in educational, public, and private sectors.

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Capella University

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MS in General Psychology (Online)
MS in Child and Adolescent Development

Post University

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BA in Psychology (Online)

Useful Cognitive Psychology Resources

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Kaplan University

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BS Psychology (Online)

Northcentral University

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MA in Health Psychology (Online)

Cognitive Psychology Professional Methods

Cognitive psychologists conduct research and experiments to form a more definitive understanding for how subjects use memory, perception, categorization, numerals, language, thinking, and representation of knowledge to process new information. In other words, how does prior experience help one to function within the new developments of life?

Perception deals with matters, such as how a subject is able to filter out certain events and happenstances to focus on one thing in particular. Categorization is another point of analysis that singles out how the human mind is able to associate items in groups based on similarities or differences.

The field of memory may see a cognitive psychologist observing the way that memory is held or lost through the process of aging. Whatever the field of study within this subspecialty, a cognitive psychologist generally uses observation, surveys and social experimentation, to develop or affirm theories.

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University of Phoenix

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Bachelor of Science in Psychology

Careers in Cognitive Psychology

Cognitive psychologists may be used in the educational setting as guidance counselors. They may also be eligible for secondary/post-secondary teaching or school administration with further certification likely. At the corporate level, they may be used in marketing and human resource departments to help in hiring, employee culture, and brand development.

Generally, the salary expectations for cognitive psychologists depend on which sector employs them. Educators earn less except those working in school administration. Public and private sector professionals command higher salaries as do those in private consulting firms. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported as of 2010 these professionals earned a mean annual wage of around $90,000.

Cognitive Psychology Education and Training

As with the field of social psychology and many other subspecialties, cognitive psychologists cannot find gainful employment in their field with anything less than a master's. As the field grows more competitive, doctorate degrees in a related psychology field are necessary. One should check their state licensing requirements before moving forward.

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Ball State University - Offers Online Programs

Specialties: Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Educational Psychology, General Psychology, Geriatric Psychology, Mental Health Counseling, Rehabilitation Counseling, School Psychology, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Certificate, Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Specialist Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA, CACREP, CORE, NASP

Claremont Graduate University

Claremont, CA

Specialties: Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO

Specialties: Behavioral Neuroscience, Career Counseling, Cognitive Psychology, Community Psychology, Counseling Psychology, General Psychology, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, School Psychology, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: CACREP, APA

CUNY Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY

Specialties: Cognitive Psychology, Educational Psychology, Experimental Psychology, General Psychology, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Mental Health Counseling, School Psychology
Degree Types: Certificate, Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: NASP

CUNY Graduate School and University Center

New York, NY

Specialties: Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Forensic Psychology, General Psychology, Human Factors, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Neuropsychology, Social-Personality Psychology
Degree Types: Certificate, Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, TN

Specialties: Behavioral Neuroscience, Child Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Community Psychology, General Psychology, Human Services, Marriage and Family Counseling, School Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: CACREP

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Specialties: Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, General Psychology, Neuroscience
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

Specialties: Applied Behavior Analysis, Career Counseling, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, General Psychology, Marriage and Family Counseling, Mental Health Counseling, Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Sports Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: CACREP, APA, COAMFTE

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Atlanta, GA

Specialties: Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Engineering Psychology, General Psychology, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Quantitative Psychology
Degree Types: Certificate, Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Specialties: Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Experimental Psychology, General Psychology, Human Development, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA

Indiana University-Bloomington

Bloomington, IN

Specialties: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Science, Counseling Psychology, Counselor Education and Supervision, Developmental Psychology, Educational Psychology, General Psychology, Human Development, Neuroscience, School Psychology, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Specialist Degree, Doctorate Degree

Iowa State University

Ames, IA

Specialties: Cognitive Psychology, Counseling Psychology, General Psychology, Marriage and Family Counseling, Neuroscience, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA, COAMFTE

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Specialties: Animal Cognition and Learning, Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Counselor Education and Supervision, General Psychology, Health Psychology, Human Development, Human Factors, Human Services, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Marriage and Family Counseling, Social-Personality Psychology
Degree Types: Certificate, Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: COAMFTE

Michigan Technological University

Houghton, MI

Specialties: Cognitive Psychology, General Psychology, Human Factors
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Doctorate Degree

New Mexico State University-Main Campus - Offers Online Programs

Specialties: Cognitive Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Educational Psychology, Engineering Psychology, Experimental Psychology, General Psychology, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: CACREP, APA, NASP

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Specialties: Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, General Psychology, Human Development, Personality Psychology, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA

Ohio State University-Lima Campus

Lima, OH

Specialties: Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, General Psychology, Quantitative Psychology, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

Specialties: Cognitive Psychology, General Psychology, Neuroscience, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Certificate, Bachelors Degree, Doctorate Degree

Purdue University-Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Specialties: Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, General Psychology, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Quantitative Psychology, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Doctorate Degree

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, NJ

Specialties: Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, General Psychology, Health Psychology, Neuroscience, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Doctorate Degree

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Specialties: Cognitive Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Developmental Psychology, General Psychology, Neuroscience, Personality Psychology, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Specialties: Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, General Psychology, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA

SUNY at Albany

Albany, NY

Specialties: Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, General Psychology, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, School Psychology, Social-Personality Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA

SUNY at Binghamton

Binghamton, NY

Specialties: Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, General Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

Specialties: Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, General Psychology, Neuroscience, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Certificate, Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA

Texas A & M University - Offers Online Programs

Specialties: Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, General Psychology, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, School Psychology, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA

The New School - Offers Online Programs

Specialties: Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, General Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX

Specialties: Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, Perceptual Systems, Social-Personality Psychology
Degree Types: Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA

The University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, TX

Specialties: Cognitive Psychology, Educational Psychology, General Psychology, Neuroscience
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree

The University of Texas at El Paso

El Paso, TX

Specialties: Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Educational Psychology, Experimental Psychology, General Psychology, Health Psychology, Legal Psychology, Neuroscience, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree

The University of West Florida

Pensacola, FL

Specialties: Cognitive Psychology, Counseling Psychology, General Psychology, Health Psychology, Human Development, Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Degree Types: Certificate, Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree
Accreditation: MPAC

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Specialties: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Engineering Psychology, Experimental Psychology, General Psychology, Neuroscience, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

Specialties: Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, General Psychology, Social-Personality Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA

University of Alabama in Huntsville

Huntsville, AL

Specialties: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Experimental Psychology, General Psychology, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree

University of California-Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

Specialties: Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, General Psychology, Health Psychology, Quantitative Psychology, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Doctorate Degree

University of California-Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, CA

Specialties: Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, General Psychology, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Doctorate Degree

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Specialties: Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, General Psychology, Neuroscience, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Doctorate Degree

University of Colorado at Boulder

Boulder, CO

University of Delaware

Newark, DE

Specialties: Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, General Psychology, Neuroscience, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA

University of Denver

Denver, CO

Specialties: Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, General Psychology, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

Specialties: Applied Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Experimental Psychology, General Psychology, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, HI

Specialties: Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Community Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Experimental Psychology, General Psychology, Social-Personality Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA

University of Houston-Clear Lake

Houston, TX

Specialties: Applied Behavior Analysis, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, General Psychology, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Marriage and Family Counseling, School Psychology
Degree Types: Certificate, Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree
Accreditation: NASP

University of Illinois at Chicago - Offers Online Programs

Specialties: Applied Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Community Psychology, Educational Psychology, General Psychology, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Certificate, Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: ASPPB, APA

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL

Specialties: Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical-Community Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Educational Psychology, General Psychology, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Quantitative Psychology, Social-Personality Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA, ASPPB

University of Kansas - Offers Online Programs

Specialties: Child Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Educational Psychology, General Psychology, Quantitative Psychology, School Psychology, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA, ASPPB

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, MA

Specialties: Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, General Psychology, Neuroscience, School Psychology, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA, ASPPB

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN

Specialties: Applied Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience, Child Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Educational Psychology, General Psychology, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Marriage and Family Counseling, Music Psychology, Neuroscience, School Psychology, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Certificate, Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA, COAMFTE, NASP

University of Mississippi Main Campus

University, MS

Specialties: Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Community Psychology, Counselor Education and Supervision, Developmental Psychology, General Psychology, School Psychology, Social Psychology
Degree Types: Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: APA

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Omaha, NE

Specialties: Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Community Psychology, Developmental Psychology, General Psychology, Geriatric Psychology, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, School Psychology, Social-Personality Psychology
Degree Types: Certificate, Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Specialist Degree, Doctorate Degree
Accreditation: CACREP