I got my grades
I finally got all my grades from university. There was some industrial action going on as the lecturers don’t get paid enough for the job they do, so our grades were not released until the day before yesterday.
I got a Pass for Research Methods, a Credit for Psychological Applications and a Distinction for Psychological Health & Wellbeing. Guess which was my favourite class? The one I got a P for. Seems ironic that the class I like the most is the one that I found the most difficult.
Can’t wait for next year, semester 1: Psychological Development, Abnormal Psychology and Drugs and Dependence.
Next year’s classes sound like a treasure.
Well done for this!
As a psychologist myself, I’m saying congratulations on both your results and your choice of subject! And, yes, research methods is a very interesting subject when it comes to psychological or educational inquiry. Do remember, however, that it is also a very hard subject because it covers such a wide range of topics, and it actually goes into quite a lot of depth with most of them. The British Psychological Society’s Chief Examiner reports practically every year that the one paper where people do worse in the Qualifying Examination is that dealing with research Methods and Quantitative Techniques. The people taking this examination have degrees already – usually in other subjects – and have studied independently for it, and this is, I think, one of the reasons why: the natural difficulty of the subject and the fact that it is hard to teach oneself anything anyway.
Psychological Development you will probably find fascinating because you’ll get to see a chosen research method can affect the results and findings of a study (e. g., how Piaget’s ‘clinical’ method of research may have messed his results up so much that a lot of his contribution to psychology is nowadays seen as untenable). You may find the same thing in Abnormal Psychology too (especially if you take it, as I did, side-by-side with Social Psychology) … ah, such delights you have in store!!!
Happy rest-of-your-festives, and congratulations again!
And…
“I usually get INTJ”
I’m basically that as well.
But there are problems with the MBTI because of the forced choice item coding… this is inherent in any test that has such a coding, not just the MBTI; but there you can see (since it ties in with your research methods field of knowledge) the impact of affect on test results.
Hi Adelaide,
Thanks! I am really looking forward to next year.
Hi David,
Thanks to you, too! Thanks for your advice, it is valuable to me because I look for good advice everywhere. I think I am looking forward to Drugs and Dependence the most as it is something I know very little about.
I also think you are right about the MBTI because not everyone can fit into one of those types even though apparently they can. There must be some who score in the middle of all four scores.
As a psychologist myself, I’m saying congratulations on both your results and your choice of subject! And, yes, research methods is a very interesting subject when it comes to psychological or educational inquiry. Do remember, however, that it is also a very hard subject because it covers such a wide range of topics, and it actually goes into quite a lot of depth with most of them. The British Psychological Society’s Chief Examiner reports practically every year that the one paper where people do worse in the Qualifying Examination is that dealing with research Methods and Quantitative Techniques. The people taking this examination have degrees already – usually in other subjects – and have studied independently for it, and this is, I think, one of the reasons why: the natural difficulty of the subject and the fact that it is hard to teach oneself anything anyway.
Psychological Development you will probably find fascinating because you’ll get to see a chosen research method can affect the results and findings of a study (e. g., how Piaget’s ‘clinical’ method of research may have messed his results up so much that a lot of his contribution to psychology is nowadays seen as untenable). You may find the same thing in Abnormal Psychology too (especially if you take it, as I did, side-by-side with Social Psychology) … ah, such delights you have in store!!!
Happy rest-of-your-festives, and congratulations again!