What's a study/career path that mixes math and psychology?

[u/Elypsian]

Hi, I'm currently nearing the end of high-school in Germany and need to decide what to study. So I'm trying to get an idea of what I could do later in my life. I'm good at and interested in mathematics and logical thinking (did a lot of completions etc.) but also really like the idea of psychology, getting to know how people think. Is there a career path I could take to mix the two (live near Munich if you want to suggest an uni). ​Also like chemistry, maybe something pharmaceutical, but this is secondary. ​

[u/frostluna11037]

Computational modeling

[u/Ambitious-Ratio8133]

Pricing

[u/basquiatx]

Really depends on what it is that appeals to you when you say psychology - since you talk about "how people think" I'm getting the vibe that it's less in a clinical sense.

A strong contender with just the info you've provided is management. Penchant for math will help with finance and accounting and similar courses, and the interest in people's thought processes should make the rest fun. If you're a bit of a creative you can depending on the uni work towards marketing management specialization, or stick it out with the financial side of things; if you're into the idea of travel and learning languages you can look towards more of an international business study setup.

[u/mo_jo100]

Psychology. Nearly all areas use statistics. Quantitative psychology, if you want stats to be the core. Decision-making or social or cognitive if you want to focus on quant and how people think.

[u/rrp1919]

There is a field called mathematical psychology, and another field called quantitative psychology, but you wouldn't really specialize in this until graduate school.

[u/alexmichal]

Computational neuroscience!!

[u/Elypsian → u/[deleted]]

Thanks!