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Asked by anon-284818 to Victoria, Harry, Gwen, Dennis, Alex on 3 Mar 2021.
Question: What is it like to be an psychologist ?
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Harry Piper answered on 3 Mar 2021:
Being a psychologist is amazing. No matter you’re field in psychology, whether it is health, social, neuro or any of the other, almost unlimited, fantastic fields in psychology, we know that what we do makes a difference. We get to run cool research, meet awesome people like you, and make a difference! Of course, there are always bumps in the road, things that go wrong that can be quite disheartening, especially when we don’t understand why something has gone wrong! But the positives outweigh these and it means we have the best jobs in the world!
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Alex Baxendale answered on 3 Mar 2021:
It’s really rewarding! All of the work we do directly benefits people, and our knowledge about one another. We are constantly learning new information about how we work, and we won’t be finding out all of the answers any time soon – which is super exciting because it means there’s always a big discovery waiting to happen
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Gwen Brekelmans answered on 3 Mar 2021:
It’s very varied, I get to do lots of different things. One day I’ll be doing a really interesting experiment and working with people to get them to think about how they learn new languages, while the next I’ll be doing statistical analyses (so doing maths but with the computer to help me) to figure out what findings we get from the experiment. Then I can also be writing down the results to get them published or presented in academic places so that other psychologists can hear about them. And then a lot of the time I’m also teaching my students about all kinds of different topics, and learning lots of new things in the process as I teach in subjects I don’t do research in as well. So there’s lots of things that I get to do every day!
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Dennis Relojo-Howell answered on 3 Mar 2021:
It can be very satisfying! For one, it led me to different careers – from being a university lecturer, to being a speaker, then being a blogger. You also get the chance to work directly with people.
Comments
Anon commented on :
Being a psychologist is fantastic! You learn something new every single day. You know that your work can make a difference to people’s lives, sometimes in a very small way, and sometimes in a really big way. If you enjoy wondering about why people behave in the way they do, you would probably enjoy being a psychologist.
Myrto commented on :
If you are a curious person who loves learning new things and doing research, then Psychology is great for you! I really enjoy learning something new and looking for new evidence and innovative research practices. Being a psychologist is also about your own behaviour and using reflection to understand your self and the world around you.
laurenmcgale commented on :
Being a psychologist is great, I am always learning new skills and finding out new and interesting things about people’s behaviour. It is also a subject which is useful for working with almost every other type of researcher you can imagine, so often my projects are really varied, working with computer scientists, statisticians, nutritionists, medical doctors, economists, politicians, catering staff – and that’s just the research staff! I also then get to spend time interacting with all sorts of people, in a way that is designed to help them, what more could I ask for?!