Which of these degrees is more respected and has better job prospects?

Hmm so you're a tough nut aye. Well if a barrister sounds like a good job, then may I ask why a Law degree is not one of your choices? I mean if you want to be a child psychologist then the psychology is a definate good choice, however based on the fact that you said you are interested in politics and the UN then I would still have to say that a History degree may be better suited for you because as I said in a previous post, it offers such a diversity in job prospects.
Another question I would like to aks is what A levels did you/are you taking?

I've decided not to take a law degree as I don't want to specialise as I want to keep my options open for the future. I could always do a law conversion course after my undergraduate degree, and apparently some law firms prefer candidates who have studied an unrelated degree first, feel free to correct me if i'm wrong though. I am studying Chemistry, Maths, History, Philosophy and Critical Thinking

I've decided not to take a law degree as I don't want to specialise as I want to keep my options open for the future. I could always do a law conversion course after my undergraduate degree, and apparently some law firms prefer candidates who have studied an unrelated degree first, feel free to correct me if i'm wrong though. I am studying Chemistry, Maths, History, Philosophy and Critical Thinking

Well nearly all subjects at university (by nearly all I mean we shall exclude the likes of the David Beckham degree, Lady Gaga degree etc) are useful in allowing you to develop crucial skills which will not only help you with job prospects for when you graduate, but skills which can help you with just about anything which may occur in future life. I am not however saying that any degree will be ultimately useful to you and picking the right degree is a harder task then some may think. Doing well in a a particular degree is having a passion for the subject you are taking and enjoying what you are doing. Unfortunately I know of far too many people who didn't have this and either had to changes subjects, leave or at the end of it failed (or didn't achieve what they hoped for). That is why I beg of you to choose a subject based on this and not so much on job prospects. This website may give you a little help http://www.prospects.ac.uk/options_with_your_subject.htm
I know many people consider Psychology to be a "soft" subjects, but I feel when talking about degrees the word soft is used too often and not with a real backing and understanding. I know Psycohology students and they certainly do not feel the subject is soft.
Can I ask what you would like to do when you graduate?

Debatable. Stats involved in Psychology probably edges it for me...
Even so, Clinical Psychologist can earn up to 80k. You don't get that in History.

Could also go into Graduate Medicine after a Psychology degree if you wanted to. A lot of people in this thread, including yourself, have proven themselves to be clueless.

Well look I wish you all the luck with your decision but I don't tihnk I can help you any further. Give your decisioon a bit more thought and really look into each course and at each university. Try and see if there's a History with Pschology degree haha.
Well I hope I have helped with what I have said and good luck. If you do need any more help or adivce then do feel free to ask.

In all seriousness I have another friend doing History with Psychology at Durham and she loves it. I am aware the plural of anecdote is not data but it does seem a very well-rounded course.

As far as I'm aware, OP mentioned nothing of further study. I could say that you could get a masters in Journalism and become a editor at a top newpaper after completing a history degree. Clinical psychologist etc are all jobs that require further study...

History has lots of analysis etc, making it a solid degree for a wider range of jobs. Also, this requires further study as well, but law related jobs are often suited to history grads for their analytical skills.

I'm not entirely sure yet. I'd like to work with children so maybe a child psychologist or a primary school teacher (though i'm slightly put off by the pay), but I'm also quite interested in politics and the UN. I quite fancy the idea of being a barrister, but I'm not certain

Stopped reading right there, there is no David Beckham degree FFS.

If you take Post-Grad prospects out of the equation, then fair enough, it's pretty equal. Although I would say that Psychology could generalise for Law/Politics and such better than History would for something like Accounting...

The papers called it a degree. in fact its a module. Next time, use google before making out somebody is retarded.

Wtf are you talking about?

There is no David Beckham degree...the person who insinuated that there is is clearly the retard here.

So even after I said use google, you still renounce it. http://www.google.co.uk/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=david+beckham+degree&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&ei=3XEKToj6FMOyhAeQ7e3TDw

The news call it a degree. You must have been about 5 at the time, so wouldn't remember but I really do remember the furore around the 'david beckham degree'. Only tonight have I found out it is a module not a whole degree. So I can see why people have said there is one.