6 "Struggles" That Only Psychology Majors Will Understand
January 27, 2015
By: Anna Agoncillo
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Even though the curriculum and course content may seem "common sense", the methods of assessment (i.e. statistical tests and SPSS) and research (i.e. hundreds of peer-reviewed journal articles) makes Psychology a challenging endeavor.
On that note, here are the 6 "Struggles" That Only Psychology Majors Will Understand...
1. PEOPLE ASSUME THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT
Most people assume and dare to ask: "can you guess what I am thinking?". No, we are not mind-readers but we use verbal/ non-verbal cues, intuition, and deductive/ inductive reasoning to help us understand what you feel.
2. BEING EVERYONE'S THE SHOULDER TO CRY ON
Your family, friends, or your exes will usually run to you for constructive advise. Often flattering but sometimes weird, people will pour out all their problems to you even though some information are inappropriate (that your only wish in that moment is to re-do the whole conversation or blast off some place else).
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3. LAUGHING AT FREUD
You cannot help but laugh uncontrollably at Freudian theories and Freudian jokes. Some people may even try to make inaccurate references of Freud when they around you.
4. PAINS OF REFERENCING AND FORMATTING
Real talk here…you have to be knowledgeable of APA formatting because you have to analyze and make your own research paper in that format.
Your lecturer will have to let you do everything again if you are not careful enough. Even a slight marginal error or a mis-bolded title will ruin the whole paper.
5. COURSE LIMITATIONS
Basically, majority of your classmates are females that is why people assume that Psychology is a "girly" subject when in fact it is not. Most of Psychology's foundations were built by renowned male figures.
Aside from gender, there is a relatively small amount of lecturers. In my whole Psychological studies, I had about 6 lecturers whom I've grown to know through the whole journey. It may be scarce but it is very intimate.
6. DIAGNOSING EVERYONE YOU KNOW HAS BECOME A HABIT
Despite your lecturer's advice, you start to psychoanalyze your friends and loved ones. Over 2 months in the course, I started to pin-point what childhood experiences brought fourth my mother's personality today.
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