Can I get a PhD that will let me do all of this?

I want to be a psychologist and be able to do clinical psychology and research psychology in the fields of personality, psychopharmacology, cognitive science, and perhaps behavioral neuroscience. Can I get a PhD that will let me do all of this, or do I have to narrow down my interests?

Can I get a PhD that will let me do all of this?
The Ph.D. can do a lot of things. You can complete the degree in one of the major areas, and your further specialization can come from there. There is excellent information on the websites of programs that are accredited by the American Psychological Association because the APA has specific requirements for the information that is posted. Also, APA publishes an excellent reference book called "Graduate Study in Psychology." APA is discouraging excessive specialization before the doctorate.
Reply:this is one of those questions that you should ask an advisor because they're more likely able to tell you more information than anyone on yahoo answers can
Reply:I hate to say this, but there's a very good chance that you're going to have to narrow down your interests. Question...are you in college/university right now?





I've been going through a similar thing with anthropology. I wish I could study all the fields associated with that major (from linguistics to archaeology to bio anthro), but I'm having to pick and choose which ones to leave out and that drives me nuts.





It's possible to get degress in each of those fields, but not without a lot of hard work and time. I haven't heard of someone getting one PhD that covers all those fields, so you're going to have to pick the one field that interests you the most and go ahead with that.