Maths &amp; Bio In Psychology ...

Stats and Bio are the best bits, tbh.

Reply 21

GodspeedGehenna

Stats and Bio are the best bits, tbh.

oh you're at royal holloway! i'm planning to apply there. is the stats stuff and bio ok to pick up bearing up mind i've only studied to gcse level

Reply 22

safwaansh

oh you're at royal holloway! i'm planning to apply there. is the stats stuff and bio ok to pick up bearing up mind i've only studied to gcse level

They start you from scratch. Seriously. Stats Lecture 1 is 'mean/median/mode'. Bio Lecture 1 is 'this is a phospholipid bilayer, it has hydrophobic tails and hydrophillic heads'.

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Reply 23

GodspeedGehenna

They start you from scratch. Seriously. Stats Lecture 1 is 'mean/median/mode'. Bio Lecture 1 is 'this is a phospholipid bilayer, it has hydrophobic tails and hydrophillic heads'.

They won't even have heard of that if they haven't done A level bio.

Reply 24

Katie_louise

They won't even have heard of that if they haven't done A level bio.

Really? I can vaguely recall it from my GCSE along with all the basic organelles and what not.

That and throwing potatos at each other during an 'experiment'.

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Reply 25

GodspeedGehenna

Really? I can vaguely recall it from my GCSE along with all the basic organelles and what not.

That and throwing potatos at each other during an 'experiment'.

lol yeah i remember hydrophillic and hydrophobic. we made mayonaise :biggrin:

. emulsifiers. dunno what the other thing you mentioned is.

would you recommend the holloway course?

Reply 26

GodspeedGehenna

Really? I can vaguely recall it from my GCSE along with all the basic organelles and what not.

That and throwing potatos at each other during an 'experiment'.

I think I only started learning about membranes/organelles/action potentials etc at As level

Reply 27

safwaansh

lol yeah i remember hydrophillic and hydrophobic. we made mayonaise :biggrin:

. emulsifiers. dunno what the other thing you mentioned is.

would you recommend the holloway course?

Have you learnt about action potentials/nervous impulses and how they work?

Reply 28

grape:)

GodspeedGehenna

Really? I can vaguely recall it from my GCSE along with all the basic organelles and what not.

That and throwing potatos at each other during an 'experiment'.

We did that experiment in highschool! And we threw potatoes at one another!

Erm... sorry nothing to contribute other than that if you don't like stats or biology then I don't understand why you'd choose Psychology?

Reply 29

Katie_louise

Have you learnt about action potentials/nervous impulses and how they work?

know how nerve impulses work (synapses and neurotransmitters right?). action potentials? havent heard of that ever in my life :/

Reply 30

grape:)

well we havent done any maths at a level apart from the odd calculations of mean, mode and medians.

don't mind biology but because i havent studied it to a level standard i'm concerned i'll be out of my depth at uni.

Reply 31

safwaansh

know how nerve impulses work (synapses and neurotransmitters right?). action potentials? havent heard of that ever in my life :/

Then you don't know the most of how nervous impulses work :no:

Why don't you look it up and see if you can get your head around it? Then you will get a bit of an idea of the kind of stuff you will have to understand.

Reply 32

grape:)

safwaansh

I'm not in a Psychology degree (but will be next September, hopefully), so do take my advice with a pinch of salt... I've looked at the stats, and although I'm not amazing at math I know that I'm enthusiastic enough about Psychology to work on the stats until I get them. Just take a look at nerve impulses and whatever to make sure you understand them (I don't see why you wont). I'm a big fan of saying that if someone has the passion then they'll succeed, but obviously there can be exceptions! :p:

If you love it, go for it! :woo:

Reply 33

Fuzzpig

safwaansh

You really don't need a Biology A level or a Statistics A level to do Psychology. That's pretty much the bottom line.

Reply 34

Katie_louise

Then you don't know the most of how nervous impulses work :no:

Why don't you look it up and see if you can get your head around it? Then you will get a bit of an idea of the kind of stuff you will have to understand.

i looked at it and got the jists of it. not fully but some stuff from gcse came back to me.

Reply 35

safwaansh

know how nerve impulses work (synapses and neurotransmitters right?). action potentials? havent heard of that ever in my life :/

Wait.. what?

Reply 36