WTF is wrong with psychology?
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Original post by Jabberwox
I don't want to be harsh to people who have studied psychology as a single degree but I'd never take it on its own, I'd take it with something else. Just my opinion 
but the actual subject itself is amazing and very interesting.
but the actual subject itself is amazing and very interesting.But most of the time a single degree is the only way to get accreditation from the BPS which is key to any psychology based career.
Original post by fnm
But most of the time a single degree is the only way to get accreditation from the BPS which is key to any psychology based career.
That's why I'd only do it as a joint degree with something else because I am not intending a psychology-based career
if that makes sense. If people plan to do psychology for a career then by all means a single degree is the way to go. If people are unsure, or want more opportunities explored, I think it's best to do it alongside a more broader subject, or not at all. Just my opinion Original post by Jabberwox
That's why I'd only do it as a joint degree with something else because I am not intending a psychology-based career if that makes sense. If people plan to do psychology for a career then by all means a single degree is the way to go. If people are unsure, or want more opportunities explored, I think it's best to do it alongside a more broader subject, or not at all. Just my opinion
if that makes sense. If people plan to do psychology for a career then by all means a single degree is the way to go. If people are unsure, or want more opportunities explored, I think it's best to do it alongside a more broader subject, or not at all. Just my opinion I know that's fair enough, but if people are unsure but might like the option to go into psy they shouldn't do a degree (joint for instance) without the accreditation, because it effectively rules out opportunities of working in psychology.
Original post by R.J. Omega
The real problem with the A Level is that there's just too much to cover, just like in Law - we did Anomalistic Psychology but pretty much the whole class agreed that we'd have preferred to do Addiction. The college can't decide what EVERYONE would like to do, so they have to compromise.
The exams being memory work is also a problem - they try to treat it as a science, but they've got the exam set up all wrong.
The exams being memory work is also a problem - they try to treat it as a science, but they've got the exam set up all wrong.
Yeh, its quite hard to objectively mark hundreds of exam scripts, i'm not sure quite what to change. I think I would make psychology questions shorter and more like a biology paper.
The thing about coursework (as someone else mentioned) is that it often reflects the ability of your teacher to help people and not yourself...
Original post by fnm
But most of the time a single degree is the only way to get accreditation from the BPS which is key to any psychology based career.
Loads of mixed degrees are BPS acredited... if you do psychology through the natural sciences tripos at cambridge you get BPS accreditation.
Original post by iammichealjackson
Loads of mixed degrees are BPS acredited... if you do psychology through the natural sciences tripos at cambridge you get BPS accreditation.
Degrees like psychology + neuroscience/+ sociology/+criminology most of the time (depends on the institution) but you can't with like +chemisty/+physics/+english etc.
Original post by fnm
Degrees like psychology + neuroscience/+ sociology/+criminology most of the time (depends on the institution) but you can't with like +chemisty/+physics/+english etc.
Ohhh kay! There can't be many psychlogy + physics courses out there?
Original post by iammichealjackson
Ohhh kay! There can't be many psychlogy + physics courses out there?
true....fine psych + drama etc....anyway the majority of bps will go to single degree ones.
Original post by geekay1
Why does everyone slag it off so much, its a subject i really enjoy but everyone isl seriously putting me of , ideally I would like to take the undergrad degree then follow on to a paid research based phd but everyone makes it sound like such a rubbish degree that it doesn't seem worth it
I try to be open minded but the poor experimental practice (not entirely the fault of the psychologists) is what annoys me.
Original post by geekay1
Why does everyone slag it off so much, its a subject i really enjoy but everyone isl seriously putting me of , ideally I would like to take the undergrad degree then follow on to a paid research based phd but everyone makes it sound like such a rubbish degree that it doesn't seem worth it
Psychologist: "Whenever this experiment is done 97% of people act in the same way, 97% is very high, therefore it would be reasonable to say that we have shown that humans act this way"
Proper scientist: "erm, no mate. It isnt. It is only reasonable to say that 97% of humans act that way. Dont worry though, you are only discounting about 200 million people"
Proper scientist: "erm, no mate. It isnt. It is only reasonable to say that 97% of humans act that way. Dont worry though, you are only discounting about 200 million people"
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Original post by SpicyStrawberry
The only "real science" is Maths if you really want to take it that far.
God Tier: Maths/Physics/Chemistry
High Tier: Biology
Mer Tier: any other ology.
Original post by Oh my Ms. Coffey
God Tier: Maths/Physics/Chemistry
High Tier: Biology
Mer Tier: any other ology.
High Tier: Biology
Mer Tier: any other ology.
Not completely accurate lol...for example radiology, cardiology, audiology are hardly 'mer'...
Original post by morecambebay
Psychologist: "Whenever this experiment is done 97% of people act in the same way, 97% is very high, therefore it would be reasonable to say that we have shown that humans act this way"
Proper scientist: "erm, no mate. It isnt. It is only reasonable to say that 97% of humans act that way. Dont worry though, you are only discounting about 200 million people"
Proper scientist: "erm, no mate. It isnt. It is only reasonable to say that 97% of humans act that way. Dont worry though, you are only discounting about 200 million people"
Come back when you realise this happens every day in Medicine too. They don't test the world's human population when devising new drugs either.
Original post by SpicyStrawberry
Come back when you realise this happens every day in Medicine too. They don't test the world's human population when devising new drugs either.
Psychologists' research tend to have a very restricted sample though, mainly in undergrad students.
Plus when testing new drugs the results are more generalisable and reliable simply because everyone has the same biological structure which they can't control, whereas psychology often involves human controlled things like emotions and reactions.
Original post by fnm
Not completely accurate lol...for example radiology, cardiology, audiology are hardly 'mer'...
Nor are they hardly God tier.
Someone asks what you study and you say chemistry they'll be on their knees sucking you off.
Someone asks what you study and you say audiology they'll will ask what that is.
Original post by SpicyStrawberry
Come back when you realise this happens every day in Medicine too. They don't test the world's human population when devising new drugs either.
You got your analogy wrong.
Original post by morecambebay
You got your analogy wrong.
How do you figure that one? Actually I'm too tired to care.
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