• Question: What is your favourite aspect of studying psychology and why?

    Asked by anon-216134 to Robert, Olly, Nicola, Jasmin, Dennis, Caroline on 12 Jun 2019.
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      Oliver Clabburn answered on 12 Jun 2019:

      For me, Tara, it’s about the focus on people and how we think, feel and behave. I really enjoy learning about different ideas of why people behave and do the things they do.

    • Photo: Dennis Relojo-Howell

      Dennis Relojo-Howell answered on 12 Jun 2019:

      It’s about studying different approaches in psychology: behavioural, biological, cognitive, evolutionary, humanistic, psychodynamic, and sociocultural.

      These approaches remind us that there are different ways of looking at behaviours – you can’t just put it on a box.

    • Photo: Jasmin Moon

      Jasmin Moon answered on 12 Jun 2019:

      Knowing that what you are learning is not just interesting but could also be used to help improve someone else’s life.

    • Photo: Robert Dempsey

      Robert Dempsey answered on 12 Jun 2019:

      For me, asking questions which Psychology can answer. I think Psychology as a science can be applied to almost any situation or issue where people are involved. I genuinely find Psychology fascinating and I enjoy hearing about people’s research in areas of Psychology which are very different to my own research.

    • Photo: Nicola Johnstone

      Nicola Johnstone answered on 13 Jun 2019:

      Psychology is an applied subject – we can help people with our research. I use biology, chemistry, physics and maths to understand brain function and how this relates to behaviour. It’s awesome!

    • Photo: Caroline Brett

      Caroline Brett answered on 13 Jun 2019:

      I find it fascinating to study why people behave they way they do.
      We can often judge people based on their behaviour (because often that’s all we see), but it’s really important to understand why they are acting that way as it’s often not for the reasons we think at first glance

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