— Anonymous
7 Future-Proof Skills for Psychologists and Psych Grads
by Aditya Shukla, psychologist, entrepreneur
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Psychologists of tomorrow need to persuade and make attention grabbing visuals for data in public health, mental health, research, and entrepreneurship. They also need to voice their ideas, so a website is a start.
Skills: Canva, Catchy words, Mindmaps, charts, wordpress/portoflio sites
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Marketing anything, including mental health, needs a visual presence on screen. No face, no trust. Psychologists need to show their face to make their recommendations feel "Human"
Skills: Reels, Instagram, YT shorts, TikTok
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Products and services are meant for humans to use, so human interaction, behavior change, satisfying user needs, compliance, etc., is a psych angle on products.
Skills: Web-design, prototyping, UIUX, user journey, physical design, utility, features, gamification
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A psycholgist needs to understand cutting edge tech because it affects everyday life. Without tech, psychology is irrelevant because the environment itself is tech.
Skills: Impact of AI, how AI solves problems, new gadgets, apps on mobile
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To make good websites, products, analyze data, psychologists need to "talk" with tech. And that's coding. Coding also streamlines thinking into logical flow, which helps in sensitive situations.
Skills: Scripting languages for experiments, R&D, data collection, and prototyping business ideas
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Psychologists play a social role in public health. They need to know how to portray themselves to the public confidently, sensitively, and accurately.
Skills: Storytelling, persuasion, tweeting, commentary on new developments, etc.
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The replication crisis, bad psych theories, improper evidence, etc. Psychologists need to know how to select the valuable research from the generic studies published fort the sake of publishing
Skills: Reading and interpreting research, correcting wrong insights, selecting accurate insights