with Psychology, you basically are writing in the 3rd person view, instead of the 1st person mode like I this I that etc. I graduate this May with my BA in Psychology and I loved the subject. I am glad I came across your videos they are interesting thanks.
i would like to do ba in psychology but have studied in arts stream upto highschool. does science and math are essential to start the ba degree in psychology?? plz tell
Hi Izy.. I'm really glad I came across this video. For a really long time, I was conflicted about whether to study psychology or not..because some people had really tried discouraging me. But now, I'm sure. I'm gonna study psychology. Thanks for an amazing video😘😘
Im in 4th yr study in computing degree, just about finished. Interested to know kind of things you were doing after university/ job wise? Hopefully it didn't take you long to find a job!
Hi Izy, how r u? I'm in 9th grade right now, and im starting to choose a profession,I read tone of articles, lists of professions with discriptions ,but I cant find the one i would enjoy all my life:) I want a profession were I could get better and better all the time , that there wouldn't be any stops(for example I couldn't work teacher job, because they do same all the time, they can't get better or invent something :) ) I always felt like psychologists work is something i could work all my life, because i like to help for others, and I can calm people but a lot people says that there is too much psychologists , and even if I would finish all the studies i could not get a job +i would need to learn abot 6 years :) im planing to finish 12grades in Lithuania , and the move to one of the London uni but ofc im ot sure about anything yet im wondering what you think? should i choose psychology? what classes i should take a level would it be very hard for me to learn in british uni?
This was a great video! Pretty much exactly how I felt about my psychology degree! The only difference was the final year, we didn't do group work and our dissertation had to be our own research project which we came up with ourselves, carried out and analysed the data for. Was a lot of fun but sooo stressful doing your own project, especially trying to recruit enough participants! Sorry went on a ramble there! Awesome advice, hope your final year goes well :) x
Hi Natalie, thanks for your kind words! Where did you go to uni? Your final year sounds so much better, I don't know why Royal Holloway don't do it like that! Although it is nice having four of us to recruit participants.
I know that you mentioned that it doesn't matter which University, but does it matter if it's Online or on campus? Considering online, because of many reasons, and very interested in Psychology.
Kelcie Daugherty I doubt there's really any difference..I think most people tend to go to university for the experience more so than the classes...I'm sure online will be just fine ☺️
I think this video is very well structured and I found it very helpful as it gives you a much more specific idea of what the day to day life doing a psychology degree is like. Thank you! :)
I'd love to study it but I'm so worried about the maths side of it (i have dyscalculia) will I get by or should I give up thinking about studying psych?
I did a bsc in psychology and MSc in psychology, there’s lots of maths, so don’t do it if you don’t like maths, plus no job prospects at all unless do a doctorate
Not sure about European universities, but you've got a lot of freedom in undergraduate psych programs in American universities. No matter what your year is XD.
+codeman7780 Yes my cousins go to American universities and it seems like degrees in America are structured quite differently, they seem to be a bit broader/more general than degrees in England which I guess in some ways is good.
Degrees in America do end up broader honestly. Ours tend to specialize more when we get into graduate programs. So I suppose you could say American degrees are the opposite of Englands haha.
For the second con point, it is the same in Bristol, I was told that the modules in first year set the foundation, and the modules in the second cover most of the syllabus set out by the British Psychological Society. I think the first two years is essentially preparing you for the third year by allowing you to experience a variety of topics in the field.
i want to become a pilot but it requires assessment with a psychologist so if i study this field i could fuck with their minds and know their procedures! also its my backup if this shit flopps
I'm nearly getting my results for GCSE, they say you need a B in Maths to Psychology but think I've only got a C, but I wanna take Psychology for A level, is maths really important?
pablotheepic it depends what they are asking for but certainly you don't need to be amazing at maths to do it as it's mostly just statistics based. Yes sometimes unis ask for a b but not all :))
Hi, thank you for you extremely helpful and insightful information regarding a psychology degree! I have been contemplating for some time now whether to study psychology or not, you have contributed significantly towards my decision process! Thank you!
Hi Izy, I'm currently studying a psychology degree at Aberdeen and was just wondering how easy you found it or you know of to find employment after you graduated? Great video by the way, really informative.
+Kevin Inglis Hi Kevin, sorry for my super late reply - took a break from youtube! Thanks for your lovely comment. I managed to get a place on a graduate scheme at a market research company, but I already had a foot in the door as I did an internship there the previous summer. If you get the chance to do an internship by the way I definitely would, helps you to stand out and gives you something to talk about in interviews, plus you might then be able to do what i did and work there once you've graduated. I found mine on www.internwise.co.uk. Besides that though I would start applying for jobs as early as you can, i started looking November/December time - Christmas holidays are a good time to look as you'll have more time then hopefully. Some people do loads of applications (10+) whereas i probably only made 7-10, but I spent a while on each one and it's good to try and tailor your CV to each one. Having a psychology degree is great because you develop a broader base of skills - you can pick out the relevant aspects of it for the job you're applying to e.g. if it's a job that involves being analytical/more numerical you can emphasise that you've done statistics, or if it's market research (like me!) you can talk more about the research side of the degree, or if it's a job that involves more writing you can talk about all the essays you've had to do and your dissertation. Hope that helps, good luck!
TheSocialExperiment Hello! We did 3 modules per term, and you have a 2 hour lecture per week for each one. Then we had an hour long stats lecture and an hour long stats workshop, plus a 2 hour lab class. So 10 hours per week, plus the odd personal advisor meeting and seminar.
+Celine Reviero Hi Celine, no you don't! I didn't do physics or chemistry at a higher level, in fact the subjects I did (English, History, Spanish & Economics) aren't related to psychology at all! But that's ok because a lot of psychology courses assume that you don't have any background in the subject. The only subject that I would say might be helpful would be biology. Maybe Maths for the stats side of Psychology but you certainly don't need it.
Hi Izy, thank you for posting such an informative yet easy to understand vlog. I really want to do Psychology at university but like Beth, maths is absolutely not my strongest attribute. How difficult would you say the statistics component of the degree is relative to say GCSE Maths? I have an adequate but not brilliant grade C in Maths. Do you think that will suffice or would you say stats is nearer to AS mathis? Thank you and good luck with your studying!
Holly Con Carne Hi Holly! Thank you for your kind words. I have had quite a few questions about stats so have decided the best thing to do would be to do a video about it, which I will do in the next couple of days and hopefully this will help! Thanks, good luck with your studies too :)
Holly Con Carne Hi Holly, sorry it's taken me so long but as promised here is my video on Statistics in a Psychology degree: ua-cam.com/video/c5j37rIhVSY/v-deo.html
+green greens Hi if you watch my statistics in a psychology degree video that might help to answer your question about maths. In short, there's not a huge amount and it's not like the maths you do in school.
Crawlio If the course is publicly funded, it is paid through taxes. Since I pay taxes, a proportion of my taxes will be subsidising the course. Therefore, my point was that I'm happy for people to study whatever they want, as long as I'm not helping subsidise the course.
psychology is not a well regarded degree. take it from me and my peers; it's a vague, pointless degree for people who don't know what to study. complete waste of £27K.
Temi Dawodu it's valued perfectly well by employees however it is very highly competitive. The only reason it has gained this odd reputation is because of its stereotypes and being regarded a soft science. As far as I'm aware if you are truly passionate about the area and work hard to a high level employability is very probable and the profession very respected and even if you only do a bachelors it can still be used in whatever area of work you decide to go into:)
+Brett Toombs Uh...Sigmund Freud was neither a psychologist, nor a scientist, but the founder of psychodynamics which is not even considered a real branch of psychology, but simply a pseudo-science derived from pure speculation and assumption.
+Wryx Freud was a neurologist....and the father of psychoanalysis which continues to influence psychology and psychiatry. As a result, the field of psychology is quick to label individuals with "mental disorders" without supporting evidence, then manufacture "mental illnesses" in order to justify their existence and rot human minds with drugs. Freud is a major topic in psychology classrooms in every college. Freud was a complete fraud...and the field of psychology would do well to denounce his theories. The verdict is still out as to whether or not the field of psychology will contribute to the betterment of humanity.
Thank you for informing me (I am being sarcastic, of course). That is exactly my point - a neurologist, not a psychologist, nor a scientist. Psychoanalysis - and in broader sense psychodynamics - does not influence the field of psychology simply because it's a pseudoscience and is not accepted mainly due to the lack of foundation and impossibility of falsification. They're just theories, so no matter how much "virtual" influence people think it has, in practice this aspect is nullified. The field of psychology does not label "mental disorders" based on Freud and his psychoanalysis, but based on theories that eventually arose from the field of psychodynamics. It is supposition, but there is no direct case-effect relationship whatsoever. Moreover, psychologists (unlike psychiatrists) do not even prescribe drugs and as far as mental illness goes, today's research in the filed of neuroscience and biopsychology aims to find a biological basis for what we diagnose as "mental illness'. Not to mention that the fabricated cases of mental illnesses that you are talking about are most often issues regarding applied psychiatry; clinical and counselling psychologists hardly ever get to deal with the controversial disorders that you are talking about. My point here is that neither Sigmund Freud, nor Carl Jung, nor G. Stanley Hall and their psychodynamics had absolutely anything to do with the field of psychology, but psychiatry, which even today is challenged and debated on as to whether it is an actual science. I do not know where you are from or what college classes you attend, but just because information is being fed to you that doesn't mean you should stop being critical. The curriculum does not drive humanity, nor does it drive science and its development. As far as the European SCIENTIFIC psychology degree programs go, Sigmund Freud is not even mentioned and all psychologists reject his hypotheses. His research and influence has a rather big importance in the ARTISTIC field of psychology, which does not and never has targeted to revolutionize the concept of applied psychology as science. It's just a means of coping with existentialism and bringing in a fancy view on philosophy. The field of psychology as you call it only aims to explain human behaviour, such as development and attachment, such as the role of hormones and emotions on brain activity, such as providing a working model for the way memory works in order to understand our cognitive abilities. To give you an example, clinical psychology only deals with psychotherapy, which is essentially talking a depressed patient out of their suicidal state, which I am sure you would instinctively do if your friend was in this same situation - you would communicate to them. Whereas for psychiatry, yes, long ago, years back, when science was far from being science, it has some roots in the field psychodynamics but all living things on Earth also have a common ancestor and that doesn't mean that currently Homo sapiens are in any way correlated with any butterfly species. So no, don't correlate Freud with psychology, because you are far off. You may correlate Freud with psychiatry if you please, but given nowadays research I would also say you are far off. As for drugging patients and assigning them to manufactured "mental illnesses", express your frustration towards the field of medicine, because psychology does not teach drugs.
+Gingerbread Lady So am I supposed to take someone seriously who hides behind a name "Gingerbread Lady"? Seriously? With a name like that...you must be a psychologist. Ok, genius. I'll bite. Here are some questions for you. 1. Every year since its initial publication, the DSM increases its list of "mental illnesses" and "disorders". One of the latest additions is "Sibling Rivalry" disorder. (Yeah, ok "eye roll"). Despite its continued growth, how many of these manufactured mental disorders have been cured? Are you people just manufacturing illnesses so that they can be "treated" at $200/ hr? Sounds to me like you're just creating a business for yourselves.2. Every year thousands of children are targeted by psychologists and teachers in the educational system and doped up with mood altering drugs like Ritalin. Do you support this practice, Gingerbread Lady? If so, then why? If not, then what are you doing about it to change this practice? I suspect you are doing nothing. After all, psychologists don't accomplish anything.3. Intelligence cannot be completely defined. Yet, psychologists actually believe they can measure intelligence with a crude, outdated test that is invalid and inherently racist. How can psychologists claim they can accurately measure intelligence when they cannot even define it? I conclude psychologists are arrogant...as well as stupid. Perhaps racist too?4. Initially, homosexuality was classified as a disorder. However, in 1973 it was declassified as a mental disorder. In other words....the psychology world changed its mind. So the psychology industry can change its definition of mental illness and disorders whenever it suits them or if they succumb to political pressure? If that's the case, how can you claim that psychology is a science? You certainly don't see this flip-flopping occurring in hard sciences such as chemistry or physics. 5. Ask 1,000 psychologists to define mental illness and you get 1,000 different answers. Yet all of you were educated in the same field (cult). Why? It must be nice to be a psychologist. To live in a bubble, shielded from criticism and scrutiny. To have theories and make assumptions about humanity with no repercussions. To have the luxury of calling yourselves experts, yet never cure anybody or contribute to the betterment of humanity. I can see why someone would be seduced by this cult. Until you actually produce something of value, I will just sit here and smile. Now get to psychology class, Gingerbread lady. Peace.
+Brett Toombs Pretty ignorant. All of my profs have BSc's and MSc's and will tell you psychology is a science. It uses the scientific method of hypothesis -> experiment -> repetition. I am pursuing psychology because the so-called natural sciences are unlikely, in my lifetime, to answer the questions that I am seeking answers to - questions like, how does trauma affect brain physiology and function, how can people recover from trauma and integrate traumatic memories into ordinary consciousness, what modalities of therapy are associated with the highest patient satisfaction in different groups of patients, etc. There is a lot of the natural sciences in psychology as well, i.e. a lot of neurophysiology and brain chemistry. Of course, there is also the "wishy-washy" stuff like Freud's theories that are not scientific and more properly belong in the realm of philosophy - but, philosophy is important as well, since the very idea of science came from philosophy and you cannot answer questions such as "why is this method of examining the universe (i.e. science) preferable to other methods" or "what are the ethics involved in the involuntary treatment of seriously disturbed individuals" without philosophy.
+the Bizud Fact: well over half of psychology studies fail the reproducibility test. Ask 1,000 physicists to define " FOrce" and you get one answer. Force = mass x acceleration. On the other hand, ask 1,000 psychologists to define "mental illness" and you get 1,000 different answers. In other words, there are no wrong answers in psychology. Perhaps this explains why psychology is so popular. Oh, and if you believe that psychology will answer the questions you seek...well...then you will be disappointed. After all, we are talking about an industry that manufactures mental illness and pushes Ritalin down the throats of young boys. Ethics does not exist in psychology evidently. Anyway...have fun studying psychology. Welcome to the new religion.
Brett Toombs You may have psychology confused with psychiatry, in which case I would be inclined to agree with you. Psychology does not seek to pathologize dysfunction or to push pharmaceuticals, though of course some psychologists do (as do some biologists, chemists, neurologists, etc.). Additionally you committed a fallacy, as "force" is a very specific concept in physics while "mental illness" is a vague and general concept. There are plenty of wrong answers...if an experiment cannot be reproduced, then one cannot draw meaningful conclusions from the experiment. It is true that there are plenty of psychologists that do not believe psychology should be limited to being experimental science, but this is a philosophical question.
Wow really? Are you living in the 1800's? Such a shame to have people believe these stereotypes still. THIS is why we need to continue research in psychology:)
with Psychology, you basically are writing in the 3rd person view, instead of the 1st person mode like I this I that etc. I graduate this May with my BA in Psychology and I loved the subject. I am glad I came across your videos they are interesting thanks.
+Joshua Pritt Glad you liked my video, and good luck with graduation etc!
What are u doing now did u get a job or are you going to graduate school
I got a job as a counselor, but I am going to Graduate school in 2017. I am taking a break since I went for the past 4 years.
i would like to do ba in psychology but have studied in arts stream upto highschool. does science and math are essential to start the ba degree in psychology?? plz tell
Yes actually for your BA in psych you have to take a stats class then another class but its psych stats.
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Please can you make a video on tips for studying a psychology degree or something very similar??
Hi Izy..
I'm really glad I came across this video. For a really long time, I was conflicted about whether to study psychology or not..because some people had really tried discouraging me. But now, I'm sure. I'm gonna study psychology. Thanks for an amazing video😘😘
Im in 4th yr study in computing degree, just about finished. Interested to know kind of things you were doing after university/ job wise? Hopefully it didn't take you long to find a job!
Hi Izy, how r u?
I'm in 9th grade right now, and im starting to choose a profession,I read tone of articles, lists of professions with discriptions ,but I cant find the one i would enjoy all my life:)
I want a profession were I could get better and better all the time , that there wouldn't be any stops(for example I couldn't work teacher job, because they do same all the time, they can't get better or invent something :) )
I always felt like psychologists work is something i could work all my life, because i like to help for others, and I can calm people
but a lot people says that there is too much psychologists , and even if I would finish all the studies i could not get a job
+i would need to learn abot 6 years :)
im planing to finish 12grades in Lithuania , and the move to one of the London uni
but ofc im ot sure about anything yet
im wondering what you think?
should i choose psychology?
what classes i should take a level
would it be very hard for me to learn in british uni?
Do study the subconscious mind under psychology? ?
This was a great video! Pretty much exactly how I felt about my psychology degree! The only difference was the final year, we didn't do group work and our dissertation had to be our own research project which we came up with ourselves, carried out and analysed the data for. Was a lot of fun but sooo stressful doing your own project, especially trying to recruit enough participants! Sorry went on a ramble there! Awesome advice, hope your final year goes well :) x
Hi Natalie, thanks for your kind words! Where did you go to uni? Your final year sounds so much better, I don't know why Royal Holloway don't do it like that! Although it is nice having four of us to recruit participants.
I know that you mentioned that it doesn't matter which University, but does it matter if it's Online or on campus? Considering online, because of many reasons, and very interested in Psychology.
Kelcie Daugherty I am also considering an online psychology degree. if you've got any reliable info I would love to hear it.
Kelcie Daugherty I doubt there's really any difference..I think most people tend to go to university for the experience more so than the classes...I'm sure online will be just fine ☺️
Online is the same thing as long as it is still from an accredited University
I think this video is very well structured and I found it very helpful as it gives you a much more specific idea of what the day to day life doing a psychology degree is like. Thank you! :)
I think for every psychology student, opening SPSS for the first time is a traumatic experience
Really interesting thanks
I'd love to study it but I'm so worried about the maths side of it (i have dyscalculia) will I get by or should I give up thinking about studying psych?
Mary Mills no. the math related to psych is not that difficult. and there is lots of support at university from tutors and professors.
I did a bsc in psychology and MSc in psychology, there’s lots of maths, so don’t do it if you don’t like maths, plus no job prospects at all unless do a doctorate
Wow!! I loved this video, thank you SO much!!!!
Loved your video, I'm gonna take psychology xD
Not sure about European universities, but you've got a lot of freedom in undergraduate psych programs in American universities. No matter what your year is XD.
+codeman7780 Yes my cousins go to American universities and it seems like degrees in America are structured quite differently, they seem to be a bit broader/more general than degrees in England which I guess in some ways is good.
Degrees in America do end up broader honestly. Ours tend to specialize more when we get into graduate programs. So I suppose you could say American degrees are the opposite of Englands haha.
suchhhh a casual and informative video! thanks for this - as a year 12 student considering a degree in psychology this was very helpful :)
Do you have to choose any specific branches of psychology? ?
For the second con point, it is the same in Bristol, I was told that the modules in first year set the foundation, and the modules in the second cover most of the syllabus set out by the British Psychological Society. I think the first two years is essentially preparing you for the third year by allowing you to experience a variety of topics in the field.
i want to become a pilot but it requires assessment with a psychologist so if i study this field i could fuck with their minds and know their procedures! also its my backup if this shit flopps
I'm nearly getting my results for GCSE, they say you need a B in Maths to Psychology but think I've only got a C, but I wanna take Psychology for A level, is maths really important?
pablotheepic it depends what they are asking for but certainly you don't need to be amazing at maths to do it as it's mostly just statistics based. Yes sometimes unis ask for a b but not all :))
I got a B anyway, thank you anyway :D
tomlipau Nah not at all. You just need to know basic maths knowledge for psychology in A Levels it isnt too tough
tomlipau lol 2 years later, hows life? U in uni or second year of a levels?
this was very helpful thank you so much!
Alexia Smithy you're welcome, glad to hear it helped!
I love your accent! You seem like a lovely person!
Hi, thank you for you extremely helpful and insightful information regarding a psychology degree! I have been contemplating for some time now whether to study psychology or not, you have contributed significantly towards my decision process! Thank you!
Can i do bsc psychology with pcm
did you skipped years for uni before choosing psy
THANKS! THIS WAS VERY HELPFUL(:
love this video... super helpful! Thanks :)
does psychology course is hard to study?
Very useful. Thanks
Hi Izy, I'm currently studying a psychology degree at Aberdeen and was just wondering how easy you found it or you know of to find employment after you graduated? Great video by the way, really informative.
+Kevin Inglis Hi Kevin, sorry for my super late reply - took a break from youtube! Thanks for your lovely comment.
I managed to get a place on a graduate scheme at a market research company, but I already had a foot in the door as I did an internship there the previous summer. If you get the chance to do an internship by the way I definitely would, helps you to stand out and gives you something to talk about in interviews, plus you might then be able to do what i did and work there once you've graduated. I found mine on www.internwise.co.uk. Besides that though I would start applying for jobs as early as you can, i started looking November/December time - Christmas holidays are a good time to look as you'll have more time then hopefully. Some people do loads of applications (10+) whereas i probably only made 7-10, but I spent a while on each one and it's good to try and tailor your CV to each one. Having a psychology degree is great because you develop a broader base of skills - you can pick out the relevant aspects of it for the job you're applying to e.g. if it's a job that involves being analytical/more numerical you can emphasise that you've done statistics, or if it's market research (like me!) you can talk more about the research side of the degree, or if it's a job that involves more writing you can talk about all the essays you've had to do and your dissertation.
Hope that helps, good luck!
What's a better focus? Crisis Counseling or Life Coaching ??
+Black Panther Sorry I have no idea, your guess is as good as mine!
Thank you this really helped
Hi, i am studying at Psychology at RHUL next year. I wanted ask how many hours of lectures do you have in the first year?
TheSocialExperiment Hello! We did 3 modules per term, and you have a 2 hour lecture per week for each one. Then we had an hour long stats lecture and an hour long stats workshop, plus a 2 hour lab class. So 10 hours per week, plus the odd personal advisor meeting and seminar.
this really help me alot :) tks
What gcse do u need?
Very well put.
What grade did you get at A-Level
suraiya shahid Hi Suraiya, I didn't do Psychology at A Level, instead I did English, History, Spanish and Economics and I got 3 As and 1 B at A Level.
Hi I would like to pursue psychology . Do you need physics and chemistry to do psychology?What subjects are the best to do Psychology???
+Celine Reviero Hi Celine, no you don't! I didn't do physics or chemistry at a higher level, in fact the subjects I did (English, History, Spanish & Economics) aren't related to psychology at all! But that's ok because a lot of psychology courses assume that you don't have any background in the subject. The only subject that I would say might be helpful would be biology. Maybe Maths for the stats side of Psychology but you certainly don't need it.
Thank you so much😊
Thank you !!!!
Hi Izy, thank you for posting such an informative yet easy to understand vlog. I really want to do Psychology at university but like Beth, maths is absolutely not my strongest attribute. How difficult would you say the statistics component of the degree is relative to say GCSE Maths? I have an adequate but not brilliant grade C in Maths. Do you think that will suffice or would you say stats is nearer to AS mathis? Thank you and good luck with your studying!
Holly Con Carne Hi Holly! Thank you for your kind words. I have had quite a few questions about stats so have decided the best thing to do would be to do a video about it, which I will do in the next couple of days and hopefully this will help! Thanks, good luck with your studies too :)
Holly Con Carne Hi Holly, sorry it's taken me so long but as promised here is my video on Statistics in a Psychology degree: ua-cam.com/video/c5j37rIhVSY/v-deo.html
Psychology vs sociology? Is psychology more employable? Is there a lot of math for psychology?
+green greens Hi if you watch my statistics in a psychology degree video that might help to answer your question about maths. In short, there's not a huge amount and it's not like the maths you do in school.
can you Please share the link to that Video? Thanks
A bit of math is incorporated in a psychology program. It's not hard math just statistical math.
People can study any degree they want. Just don't ask me to pay for it.
MrGeeetar why would anyone ask you for money lol
Crawlio If the course is publicly funded, it is paid through taxes. Since I pay taxes, a proportion of my taxes will be subsidising the course. Therefore, my point was that I'm happy for people to study whatever they want, as long as I'm not helping subsidise the course.
MrGeeetar ahhhh kay
psychology is not a well regarded degree. take it from me and my peers; it's a vague, pointless degree for people who don't know what to study. complete waste of £27K.
What is the opinion of you and your peers? Do you mean that it is not valued by employers? (Seriously, I'm thinking about taking it).
Temi Dawodu it's valued perfectly well by employees however it is very highly competitive. The only reason it has gained this odd reputation is because of its stereotypes and being regarded a soft science. As far as I'm aware if you are truly passionate about the area and work hard to a high level employability is very probable and the profession very respected and even if you only do a bachelors it can still be used in whatever area of work you decide to go into:)
Charlie Goblin where is your evidence Psychology degrees are pointless?
@@beckybattams6532 getting employed
@Farah Swan they need God not psychology
Ah...Psychology. The new religion for the decline of humanity. Sigmund Freud. Enough said.
+Brett Toombs Uh...Sigmund Freud was neither a psychologist, nor a scientist, but the founder of psychodynamics which is not even considered a real branch of psychology, but simply a pseudo-science derived from pure speculation and assumption.
+Wryx Freud was a neurologist....and the father of psychoanalysis which continues to influence psychology and psychiatry. As a result, the field of psychology is quick to label individuals with "mental disorders" without supporting evidence, then manufacture "mental illnesses" in order to justify their existence and rot human minds with drugs. Freud is a major topic in psychology classrooms in every college. Freud was a complete fraud...and the field of psychology would do well to denounce his theories. The verdict is still out as to whether or not the field of psychology will contribute to the betterment of humanity.
Thank you for informing me (I am being sarcastic, of course). That is exactly my point - a neurologist, not a psychologist, nor a scientist. Psychoanalysis - and in broader sense psychodynamics - does not influence the field of psychology simply because it's a pseudoscience and is not accepted mainly due to the lack of foundation and impossibility of falsification. They're just theories, so no matter how much "virtual" influence people think it has, in practice this aspect is nullified. The field of psychology does not label "mental disorders" based on Freud and his psychoanalysis, but based on theories that eventually arose from the field of psychodynamics. It is supposition, but there is no direct case-effect relationship whatsoever. Moreover, psychologists (unlike psychiatrists) do not even prescribe drugs and as far as mental illness goes, today's research in the filed of neuroscience and biopsychology aims to find a biological basis for what we diagnose as "mental illness'. Not to mention that the fabricated cases of mental illnesses that you are talking about are most often issues regarding applied psychiatry; clinical and counselling psychologists hardly ever get to deal with the controversial disorders that you are talking about. My point here is that neither Sigmund Freud, nor Carl Jung, nor G. Stanley Hall and their psychodynamics had absolutely anything to do with the field of psychology, but psychiatry, which even today is challenged and debated on as to whether it is an actual science.
I do not know where you are from or what college classes you attend, but just because information is being fed to you that doesn't mean you should stop being critical. The curriculum does not drive humanity, nor does it drive science and its development. As far as the European SCIENTIFIC psychology degree programs go, Sigmund Freud is not even mentioned and all psychologists reject his hypotheses. His research and influence has a rather big importance in the ARTISTIC field of psychology, which does not and never has targeted to revolutionize the concept of applied psychology as science. It's just a means of coping with existentialism and bringing in a fancy view on philosophy.
The field of psychology as you call it only aims to explain human behaviour, such as development and attachment, such as the role of hormones and emotions on brain activity, such as providing a working model for the way memory works in order to understand our cognitive abilities. To give you an example, clinical psychology only deals with psychotherapy, which is essentially talking a depressed patient out of their suicidal state, which I am sure you would instinctively do if your friend was in this same situation - you would communicate to them. Whereas for psychiatry, yes, long ago, years back, when science was far from being science, it has some roots in the field psychodynamics but all living things on Earth also have a common ancestor and that doesn't mean that currently Homo sapiens are in any way correlated with any butterfly species. So no, don't correlate Freud with psychology, because you are far off. You may correlate Freud with psychiatry if you please, but given nowadays research I would also say you are far off. As for drugging patients and assigning them to manufactured "mental illnesses", express your frustration towards the field of medicine, because psychology does not teach drugs.
+Gingerbread Lady So am I supposed to take someone seriously who hides behind a name "Gingerbread Lady"? Seriously? With a name like that...you must be a psychologist. Ok, genius. I'll bite. Here are some questions for you. 1. Every year since its initial publication, the DSM increases its list of "mental illnesses" and "disorders". One of the latest additions is "Sibling Rivalry" disorder. (Yeah, ok "eye roll"). Despite its continued growth, how many of these manufactured mental disorders have been cured? Are you people just manufacturing illnesses so that they can be "treated" at $200/ hr? Sounds to me like you're just creating a business for yourselves.2. Every year thousands of children are targeted by psychologists and teachers in the educational system and doped up with mood altering drugs like Ritalin. Do you support this practice, Gingerbread Lady? If so, then why? If not, then what are you doing about it to change this practice? I suspect you are doing nothing. After all, psychologists don't accomplish anything.3. Intelligence cannot be completely defined. Yet, psychologists actually believe they can measure intelligence with a crude, outdated test that is invalid and inherently racist. How can psychologists claim they can accurately measure intelligence when they cannot even define it? I conclude psychologists are arrogant...as well as stupid. Perhaps racist too?4. Initially, homosexuality was classified as a disorder. However, in 1973 it was declassified as a mental disorder. In other words....the psychology world changed its mind. So the psychology industry can change its definition of mental illness and disorders whenever it suits them or if they succumb to political pressure? If that's the case, how can you claim that psychology is a science? You certainly don't see this flip-flopping occurring in hard sciences such as chemistry or physics. 5. Ask 1,000 psychologists to define mental illness and you get 1,000 different answers. Yet all of you were educated in the same field (cult). Why? It must be nice to be a psychologist. To live in a bubble, shielded from criticism and scrutiny. To have theories and make assumptions about humanity with no repercussions. To have the luxury of calling yourselves experts, yet never cure anybody or contribute to the betterment of humanity. I can see why someone would be seduced by this cult. Until you actually produce something of value, I will just sit here and smile. Now get to psychology class, Gingerbread lady. Peace.
Gotta go with +Simina S.
is it me or psychology just sounds like bullshit. i mean it hasn't expanded enough to have real practical skills like computer science
+Kaito X It is crap. Pursue a real science like biology, chemistry, physics. Psychology is for the simple-minded soul.
+Brett Toombs Pretty ignorant. All of my profs have BSc's and MSc's and will tell you psychology is a science. It uses the scientific method of hypothesis -> experiment -> repetition.
I am pursuing psychology because the so-called natural sciences are unlikely, in my lifetime, to answer the questions that I am seeking answers to - questions like, how does trauma affect brain physiology and function, how can people recover from trauma and integrate traumatic memories into ordinary consciousness, what modalities of therapy are associated with the highest patient satisfaction in different groups of patients, etc. There is a lot of the natural sciences in psychology as well, i.e. a lot of neurophysiology and brain chemistry.
Of course, there is also the "wishy-washy" stuff like Freud's theories that are not scientific and more properly belong in the realm of philosophy - but, philosophy is important as well, since the very idea of science came from philosophy and you cannot answer questions such as "why is this method of examining the universe (i.e. science) preferable to other methods" or "what are the ethics involved in the involuntary treatment of seriously disturbed individuals" without philosophy.
+the Bizud Fact: well over half of psychology studies fail the reproducibility test. Ask 1,000 physicists to define " FOrce" and you get one answer. Force = mass x acceleration. On the other hand, ask 1,000 psychologists to define "mental illness" and you get 1,000 different answers. In other words, there are no wrong answers in psychology. Perhaps this explains why psychology is so popular. Oh, and if you believe that psychology will answer the questions you seek...well...then you will be disappointed. After all, we are talking about an industry that manufactures mental illness and pushes Ritalin down the throats of young boys. Ethics does not exist in psychology evidently. Anyway...have fun studying psychology. Welcome to the new religion.
Brett Toombs
You may have psychology confused with psychiatry, in which case I would be inclined to agree with you. Psychology does not seek to pathologize dysfunction or to push pharmaceuticals, though of course some psychologists do (as do some biologists, chemists, neurologists, etc.). Additionally you committed a fallacy, as "force" is a very specific concept in physics while "mental illness" is a vague and general concept. There are plenty of wrong answers...if an experiment cannot be reproduced, then one cannot draw meaningful conclusions from the experiment. It is true that there are plenty of psychologists that do not believe psychology should be limited to being experimental science, but this is a philosophical question.
Wow really? Are you living in the 1800's? Such a shame to have people believe these stereotypes still. THIS is why we need to continue research in psychology:)