Psychology

[MJJ]

I'm doing my GCSEs this year, and I have to pick my A Level subjects by the end of this month.

So far, I've chosen Biology, Chemistry and Maths, but I'm a bit confused with my fourth one. I was thinking about doing Physics because I'm good at it, but I really hate it, so now I'm thinking about Psychology.

It sounds pretty interesting, but I want to know what it's like.

Does anyone here do it for A Level? Is it interesting, or is it really hard? Is it hard to get a good grade in it?

I want to do some sort of science or medicine at University, so I guess it's kind of useful as well, but I don't want to do it then end up getting a really bad grade in it.

[Hecktix]

I love Psychology however most people who take it because it "sounds" interesting don't like it.

Psychology is the understanding of why we behave and think in certain ways, studying psychology includes in depth research into methodology and previous research.

You have to be evaluative and be able to speak your own opinions.

I'm very biased towards Psychology though, I also plan to do it at uni.

[Melsia]

I do it and I love it and find it soooo interesting however if you're doing maths and the other sciences it would probably be better for you to do physics if you want to to medicine in the future.

[Inseriousity.]

I dropped psychology for A2 mainly cos the gap from AS to A2 seemed far too wide for my liking compared to my other subjects. However, I did enjoy psychology at AS. I think you have to go in there with an open mind, excuse the pun, because otherwise it's going to get confusing. I particularly enjoyed the more social psychology, such as Milgram. Milgram is a legend

[Immenseman]

I'd really advise you not to take psychology for A-level from my own experiences. Basically, I did it in year 12 for AS, I hated every single moment of it, I and so many others had this impression it'd be really interesting, it's not. It's all about case studies and research methods, it's boring as anything, honestly. With regards to grades, it's pretty easy to do well. I hated it and managed to get an A and then dropped it. I was told this when I was choosing by JackBuddy on the forum but I didn't listen because I thought that was just his opinion and it sounded really interesting. It's NOT interesting! Don't pick it

[Hecktix]

I do it and I love it and find it soooo interesting however if you're doing maths and the other sciences it would probably be better for you to do physics if you want to to medicine in the future.

How on earth would physics aid a degree in medicine?

Psychology is far better suited because there will be psychological aspects to any medicine degree (if it's patient related).

@ Myke, Milgram is a legend, but not as much of a legend as Freud

& Jake, it's all down to personal opinion really. I love looking into the research, and methodology is key to understanding previous research which is key to understanding psychological theories.

[Immenseman]

DON'T LISTEN TO THESE PEOPLE SERIOUSLY, IT'S SO BORING.

[Hecktix]

DON'T LISTEN TO THESE PEOPLE SERIOUSLY, IT'S SO BORING.

That's your opinion.

[Tash.]

I did it at A-Level and although I did initially struggle it's all about learning what the exam wants from you. After that it's simple enough to just learn the stuff. I found it pretty interesting but the final exam for the exam board we did was a killer. It literally wrecked 2 years of hard work (got a U) because I had that and Law on the same day. Basically the last exam is a round up of everything you've learnt over the 2 years and woah there is so much to learn. Anyway, if you think you'll like learning about dreams, sleep patterns, love, stress, mental illness (schizophrenia, OCD), relationships, attachment all sorts of things then i'd say go for it Judging by what you're taking it might compliment the sciences while giving you a bit of a break at the same time.

[Inseriousity.]

How on earth would physics aid a degree in medicine?

Psychology is far better suited because there will be psychological aspects to any medicine degree (if it's patient related).

@ Myke, Milgram is a legend, but not as much of a legend as Freud

& Jake, it's all down to personal opinion really. I love looking into the research, and methodology is key to understanding previous research which is key to understanding psychological theories.

Freud made me laugh.
Funnily enough, I'm sure I read somewhere that biology wasn't that important if you wanted to do medicine so you never know jake, psychics might be better!

As for being boring, yes I agree, most of it is boring. Do sociology lolol, we need to recruit more members to our hxf sociology society (ye, I'm joking, don't do it just cos of that).