Psychology jobs where you don’t talk to people...

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In all honesty, communication is a necessity for success in any field at any level. It’s just imperative. However, there are psychology jobs that have relatively minimal communications as compared to others in the field. But as friendly advice, you must absolutely work on becoming the best communicator you can be—doesn’t mean you have to be a “people-person”—but life will inquire that you are able to hold formal discussions either with client/patient or with co-worker/team.

To answer your question, we must briefly derive the meaning of psychology. It is, of course, the study of the human mind and human BEHAVIOR—which would suggest that human interaction in any part of the field is going to be significantly higher than that of another separate career field.

First (1) there are counseling-clinical psychologists, which we can immediately eliminate as they communicate a lot.

(2) there are neuropsychologists, who study brain-behavior interaction, especially in psychological disorders.

(3) there are research psychologists (PhD) who conduct experimental analysis on human behavior in attempts to explain certain phenomena.

(4) there are industrial/organizational psychologists, who study behavior in the workplace, which we could prob. eliminate too.

(5) there is forensic psychology, which is where you’ll study criminals and their behavior so as to derive their motive, etc.

These professions are all highly respected for their social work. This career field largely resides on the subject of human mind and behavior and, thus, human interaction in some regard is necessary. Out of all psychology specialties, any field OTHER THAN clinical counseling would be relatively suitable for you at the very least.

If you don’t want to leave the topic of brain and mind, then perhaps it’d be ideal for you to choose neurology (MD), which would require medical school and that, too, involves a necessity for communication. It all depends on how your mentality matures and forms in the open world. It is perhaps too early for high schoolers to think about what they want to do the rest of their life specifically, as some would argue, but it is never too early to establish your strong suits and your weaknesses that associate with what you’d think you’d enjoy. Hope this helps somewhat and good luck!