Psychology & Actors
Yogita, Sandra, Drew,
Jenny, Rebecca
Actors
• Actor’s
• Producers
• Directors
Psychologist
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Clinical Psychologist
Counseling psychologist
School psychologists
Industrial-organizational
psychologists
• Developmental
psychologists
• Social psychologists
• Experimental or research
psychologist
Social Psychology
• Study how people interact
with each other and how
they are affected by their
environment.
Actors
• Interpret a writer’s script
to entertain, inform, or
instruct an audience.
• Perform in stage, radio,
television, video, or
motion picture
productions.
Responsibilities and tasks of
Social Psychologist
• Psychologists formulate hypotheses and collect
data to test their validity.
• Research methods may vary depending on the
topic under study.
• Psychologists sometimes gather information
through controlled laboratory experiments, as
well as through administering personality,
performance, aptitude, and intelligence tests.
• Other methods include observation, interviews,
questionnaires, clinical studies, and surveys.
Responsibility and Tasks of Actors
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Casting calls
Obligations to school and work
Meet with agents
Acting classes
Memorization of monologues
Education of Psychologist
• You must attend graduate school 5 to 7 years, to
obtain a doctoral degree.
• When you attain your Ph.D. You are required to
do a dissertation based on your own research
• You may also be required to perform at least a
1-year internship.
• You must have a doctoral degree to be licensed
or certified by (APA) for the state in which you
practice.
Education of Actors
• College courses in theater, arts, drama, and
dramatic literature.
• Dramatic Arts Schools offering bachelor's or
higher degrees in dramatic and theater arts.
• A degree is not required however help to
develop skills and experience.
Psychologist Personalities
• Holland's Type
Social and Investigative
• MBTI Type
(ENFP) Extravert, Intuitive, Feeler, Perceiver
Actors Personality
• Holland's Type
Artistic & Enterprising
• MTBI Type
(ENFP) Extravert, Intuitive, Feeler, Perceiver
Salary- Psychologist
$70,000
$60,000
$50,000
Offices of Health
Practioners
Elementary and
Secondary Schools
Outpatient Care
$40,000
$30,000
Individual and Family
Services
$20,000
$10,000
$0
Yearly
Grows faster than average.
Actors- Median salary
2500
2000
SAG and
AFTRA
Equity on
Broadway
Equity off
Broadway
1500
1000
500
0
Weekly
Directors and Producers median salary was
$ 52,840.
Will grow as fast as average.
Psychology Organizations
• (NASP)-National Association of School Psychologist
Awards the National Certified School
Psychologist
• (ABPP)- American Board of Professional Psychology
Awards specialty certification in primarily in
clinical, counseling, school, forensic, and
industrial- organizational psychology.
Unions for Actors
• (Equity)
The Actors Equity Association
• (SAG)
The Screen Actors Guild
• (AFTRA)
The American Federation of Television and
Radio Artists.
Opportunities For Students
• Drama Club
• Taking part in plays
and theater
productions on
campus
• Volunteering in
theatre work
• Internships doing
research with
Professionals.
• Volunteering at a
facility specializing in
areas Psychology.
Sources
• www.research.apa.org
• www.psychology.org
• www.BLS.org
• www.Lasierra.edu
• www.kryingsky.com/Biography/bot.html
• www.happyface.com/jobdesc/lflqr.html