Psychology

[Heath]

I'm a Sociology major so a lot of the stuff I learn overlaps with the Psychology curriculum. I've even taken a Social Psychology class before. :p Sociology / psychology is one of them "easy" majors, and it is relatively easy compared to other majors, but I also think it's incredibly useful in life. Soc/Psych is all about who we are, how we learn, grow, love, adapt, etc. Sociology helps me understand the world better and I prefer it to Psychology because it isn't so focused on the individual, but more about societies, group interactions, etc.

Also, Freud was a little crazy with mommy issues.

Never took Sociology; when it was on offer for me in high school I opted to do German instead. However, social psychology was most definitely one of the most interesting aspects of psychology when I studied it. It was pretty easy, because I think a lot of it is common sense and things that you observe from general day-to-day living anyway, but it's definitely nice to look at those group behaviours such as conformity, obedience and minority influence from a more academic perspective. It's less of an abstract perspective than the cognitive or psychodynamic approaches.

I studied IB Psychology for two years and thoroughly enjoyed it. I only took it initially because I needed one more subject and it was a choice between that or ab initio Spanish. I got the best grade in the class in it. Were it not for the fact that I love History, I'd definitely would've seriously considering Psychology were it not ridiculously difficult to get a job in the industry what with all the competition. I particularly enjoyed social psychology (as mentioned), along with cognitive psychology and humanistic psychology. I don't really agree with the humanistic perspective, but it's definitely a refreshing approach that allows you to look at people as individuals, to appreciate that people are able to achieve goals and engage in all areas of creativity and learning and that people are good at heart.

Also Freud was a nutter anyway.