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Author: Zoe Walkington, Helen Mott, Rose Capdevila, Stephen Hodgkins
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An introduction to the fascinating work and career options open to people with a social psychology qualification

Updated Thursday, 8 March 2018
Where can social psychology take you? Here four psychologists tell us about their career journey and other work options open to people studying social psychology.

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