• Question: how is psychology at degree level?

    Asked by anon-237370 to Peter, Mhairi, Madeleine, Catherine, Andrew on 13 Mar 2020.
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      Catherine Talbot answered on 13 Mar 2020:

      I found it to be really interesting, and you cover lots of different topics so you’re sure to find something you’re interested in! I covered topics such as mental health, eye witness testimony, social media, advertising, and grief. On my course, we also got to do experiments which was really cool 🧠

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      Madeleine Pownall answered on 13 Mar 2020:

      It’s similar to the Psychology A-level, but there is much more scope to tailor your learning to the things you personally are interested in. There’s much more choice. The British Psychological Society (BPS) have a list of topics that every psychology degree should cover (for example, social psychology, cognitive psychology, research methods and so on) but the psychology programme will also have lots of different juicy content that is specific to that university and typically dependent on what the teaching staff are experts in! The best part about learning psychology at degree level is that you’re usually being taught stuff by people who are literally the experts in that field!

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      Mhairi Bowe answered on 14 Mar 2020:

      It is really varied. You take core classes on topics like Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Bio Psychology etc and also a lot of skills based classes on research methods, critical thinking etc and you have small group tutorials for support and learning. In later years you get to take more specialist modules according to your interests and do you own research, which is very rewarding.

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      Andrew McNeill answered on 16 Mar 2020:

      Compared to A-Level it’s more advanced and is about developing your own skills as a research. The final year project where you develop your own research project and write it up is probably one of the highlights. And because Psychology is such a broad subject, there’s always something interesting in it for everyone.

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