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[PSYCH 009] A Short Side Thought: Psychology as A Science, and Science

A couple of years back I would have been very infuriated (or rather “intellectually frustrated”) with the hater-level critics of psychology, especially the likes of Paul Lutus, who was unusually passionate about keeping others from taking psychology seriously (its only fortunate that his influence wasn’t big enough to be damaging). But after a year of dabbling in the foundations, research…

[PSYCH 008] The Psychology Taxonomy: Applied Psychology

Here is it, the final part of the taxonomy which will introduce the applied aspects of psychology, otherwise known as professional psychology. These fields are born because of growing demand for psychology professionals in the workplace instead of pure interest or academic inclinations of graduates. All of them are taught at postgraduate level.   

Experimental and Research Psychology

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[PSYCH 006] The Psychology Taxonomy: Popular Psychology

The attempt to “sort out” or categories psychology fields was way more overwhelming then I initially thought. My tendency to be meticulous and all-encompassing conflicted strongly with my personal preference of keeping things readable, generalizable, and mobilizable.

One objective of The Psychology Taxonomy is to provide accurate distinction between popular psychology, academic psychology, and…

[PSYCH 006] The Psychology Taxonomy: Academic Psychology

One may find the need to explicitly label certain fields of psychology as “academic” somewhat unnecessary. One may ask next:”Are you implying that some parts of psychology are not academic?”

Thats not quite it. Every about psychology, applied or research, is founded on academia (if you didn’t know this, you cannot practice without studying it!). What I (and several textbook writers) call academic…

[PSYCH 005] The Psychology Taxonomy: The Perspectives of Psychology

You may not believe this, but for me one of the most confusing parts of psychology is the categorizations. The turning point for me which helped me overcome being overwhelmed by the coursework (which I was entirely new to two years back) is getting the taxonomy clear. For this reason, I believe starting off by understanding the definitions of the various classifications, perspectives, fields and…

[PSYCH 004] Psychology and Its Tangents

This might be going a little off from what I meant to share with this series of articles as I am actually going to take a step back and look at the various fields that are highly similar to psychology and often indistinguishable due to the numerous overlaps. Just out of interest, I decide to look at cognitive science, behavioral science, neuroscience, and sociology and got some really interesting…

[PSYCH 002] The Myths of The Psych Major

Before you walk into a psychology degree program, you will naturally need to access your own reasons. For the next three, four, or likely even more years in the future, your life will be immersed in studying the human mind along with behaviors. You or your financier will be paying a sum fees to support that lifestyle. You have to know your reasons well because the right ones will push you all…

Personally I didn’t have the most difficult Year One mostly because I did my own research before joining and wasn’t caught by surprise of the nature of the program. I am rather aware of the common misconceptions of the life of a psychology student from the general public and made an effort to find out more (Googling and sitting in open lectures) before confidently signing up after pre-univeristy.…