Reflecting on choosing a psychology degree (PBS at Cambridge)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 มิ.ย. 2024
- Do I regret choosing psychology? What does a psychology degree actually cover? Was I influenced by the portrayal of psychology in the media?
Let's talk about it. In particular, I thought it might be useful to cover some reasons people want to get into psychology, vs. what I have found to be the case in reality.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:44 1. Psychology is 'cool' & 'fun'!
1:25 1a. What psychology at Cambridge ACTUALLY covers
8:25 2. Psychology will help me better myself
9:37 3. I will be able to help other people!
10:13 4. I will become a psychologist!
13:33 5. Salary? Other careers?
15:43 Conclusion
Who am I? 🙋♂️
I'm Francis, a Trainee Clinical Psychologist at Oxford University. I previously did psychology degrees at Cambridge (Undergrad) and UCL (Master's). I upload videos every few weeks about psychology, university life and occasionally self-improvement.
Feel free to have a browse of the channel🫶
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psychology degrees
the good
the bad
the ugly
let's run it.
It is a 4 years course?
My psychology undergraduate degree did cover anxiety, depression, PTSD and schizophrenia. It was within a module called ‘abnormal psychology’, in the third year.
Can I ask you what University is it?
Excellent video! I'm also a psychology student and agree with most of the things you've said. I also noticed that lot's of people go into psych, thinking they'll get to know themselves better, then being heavily disappointed because suddenly they're studying the anatomy of an ear or eye :p I went into psych with the aspiration to go into the clinical field, on the contary to you though, neuroscience is what I fell in love with, and thus chose to start a Theoretical & Experimental psychology MSc. with a focus on (cognitive) neuroscience.
That's also the only thing I disagree on: specialising in neuroscience through a psychology degree doesn't make you 'less good' at neuroscience than neuroscience majors. Cognitive neuroscience is an inherently interdisciplinary field combining bio & psych, researcher's might have a different emphasis in their education but ultimately both frameworks are required in the lab :)
Thank you and I really appreciate you sharing your thoughts! I know I was always a little biased away from neuro bc I didn't do biology at A Level. Glad to hear that the value of neuro in a psych degree stacks up against a 100% neuroscience degree though, it sounds like from your experience you certainly know better than me on that front!🧠
@@FrancisMadden Of course! Maybe I should clarify though, your statement *does* hold true if we're talking abt purely biological research. Like cures for diseases like Parkinson through protein & gentechnology, that's not something you learn in psych. Cognitive neuroscience is where we're at 😊
I watched this video after having my doubts about psychology, but now I'm basically sold! Honestly, I was afraid that it would be like it is portrayed in the media. Scanners, labs, colorful brains on screens... That's what I'm not interested in. However all of the questions (except the neurological biology part, I admit) were extremely interesting to me! I'm seriously considering applying to the Cambridge course.
This was so so helpful for me and I’m not even considering a psychology degree, ty
just received my offer for PBS at cambridge! this is so helpful :)
Really enjoyed this! I’m currently a 2nd year psychology student
Thank you!! Just got an offer for PBS at Cambridge and this is beyond useful!
Congratulations!!
If by any chance you have time it would be very interesting if you made a video about how you used Anki to memorize your essay plans... it's something you had mentioned in one of your previous videos, I think it might turn out to be useful.
To think if I get an offer for NatSci 25/1 I could do Psychology Part II… I’m a Physicist, and you’ve piqued my interest!
Fingers crossed bro🤞psychology part II would be a very cultured choice
This is excellent!
Hi, psych graduate from Uni of Manchester - so funny you’ve said no CBT - I was SICK to death of it by the end of my degree. It was the backbone of clinical psych years 1 & 2 for us. I preferred ACT, really connected with it and found it useful in my daily life. Doesn’t help that CBT is so well-known in mainstream society now too, so it’s all you hear about. Good luck with whatever you decided to choose!
Ah that's so interesting! ACT seems amazing from what little I've read of it, I'm glad to hear it's resonated with you. I've signed up for a fuckton of CBT now on the clinical psychology doctorate so all good😎
I’m majoring in forensic psychology and mental health| Addiction next year
At the start, you were like....wavering my resolve.
But at the end I think I my resolve just got stronger
This was really interesting! I am currently waiting to hear back from Cambridge about my PBS application 😶. Is there anywhere I can reach out to you with some other questions? :)
Best of luck! I have an email address on my about page, otherwise LinkedIn - might be worth posting your questions here though in case others have similar :)
Hi Ellie, I’m also waiting to hear back about my PBS application :) May I know which college you applied to?
Could you potentially do a personal statement video?
Hi Francis I know this is a comment on an old video so I hope you see this but would you be able to make a video on what you did AFTER you got your Bachelors? Unless you made a video like that already then please do let me know. Thx!!!
I was aware that I would not be able to become better just by studying psychology early. So I just worked on myself and will go into Psychology as a (truly) mature student haha...funny how younger people will be my seniors soon oh gosh haha
and the choice is between becoming a psychiatrist after 5-6 years od med+2-3 years of residency then 3 years of core and then 3 years of specialisation. SO it's about 12-13 years (maybe longer)...so you saved 3 years hahaha..
had the same concerns...do I want to be a psychiatrist? Or psychologist? so i keep reminding why psychology is better for me so thanks. this was really great to get rid of any of those doubts :D
I didn't even realise how long it took to become a psychiatrist that's mad hahah, glad you found the video helpful!
Really interesting video! Also from Manny, at uni in London, and had an ex who went to Cam so spent a few years there but never met a single psychologist - do they all hide away like the mathematicians? I switched from Econ to Psych and am in my final year of an Organisational Psychology pathway now. I found the behavioural side of econ far too interesting and realised psych was definitely for me, so for anyone worried about not being able to start another degree - don't. Took me a few years after starting one to realise what was right for me, and everyone's (at least in the UK) hit with the life-tax of student finance repayments anyway. May as well get a degree in something you enjoy and take the debt in your stride!
Hilarious to see the course similarities - we had an entire first term cognitive module on vision, and the second term I spent wrapping my head around syntax and c-commanding - but the 'cambridge difference' is clear in the depth of the questions. Wouldn't really even know how to begin talking about the gamete donation kids question 🥴
I'm curious about how many have stopped practicing due to the lack of therapeutic effects of this practice.
Love how geo=Colour pencils hahah. I applied for cam geo, getting my results back next week
Sorry was low hanging fruit hahah, good luck!!
could you please make a video talking about different paths you can take to be a psychologist after doing bachelor's? Also what exactly is psychotherapy and how is it different from a psychologist? I'd love for you to answer this, thank you
Ooo potentially! Atm I am actually still learning the possible pathways myself hahah there are so many
I think a lot of people think studying psychology will dramatically improve your social/emotional intelligence, but that is a skill you can only develop by being out there in the world. Business people often understand psychology better than most psychologists in my experience, at least in a practical sense.
I hope you understand that’s an absurd statement to make on all fronts.
If you wanted to be a physiologist and lived in Manchester, would you go to Manchester Uni or would you move to London and spend all that money in Cambridge / Oxford. Is it worth it the money?
How do you put yourself in the little circle in the corner for your talking head? Do you use final cut Pro?
I am a premiere pro kinda guy
@@FrancisMadden shame
@@ahmedhallajian8886 is that sarcasm or are you really pressed about his editing software preference
@@hitikasainiyt I'm not pressed, just don't know how to do the little circle thing Francis does. I make TH-cam videos as well so was curious!
@@ahmedhallajian8886 idk what you meant by shame, all the best for your channel!!
The peak thing about psychiatric treatment is also that you can treat someone, make a massive difference to their lives, then they come back to you at square one 6 weeks later :(((
Yeah that's the same with CAMHS, a lot of the time it's the same people coming back over and over:(
Does this mean you shouldn't treat them? Doesn't this make it all the more important to help them
I've still not seen anything hard in the video... nevertheless I'm still going to study psychology.
By the way I love your accent
Manc accent>
nice
I have decided to pursue my psych pG in Cambridge University.. someone know how much fee does it cost ?
I just remember learning about the studies at a level😂😂
It's hilarious how you chose colouring pencils for geography.
the coloured pencils for geography ☠
Do you think a psychological degree would make someone a better manager?
Nah I don't think so
Lol, ah well.
@@Yutappy99 there's always a degree in management 🥳
Degrees in Industrial/Organisational psychology would, indeed, make you a better manager. It's corporate psych, well paying jobs are (increasingly) easy to come by with that degree.
loooool geography :D
When geography TH-cam gets a hold of this I'm finished
Psycholojacking are we?
😭
Blasphemy, MATLAB is love ❤
print('ikr')
Oversubscribed, poor pay. Opportunity cost is just not worth it at this time.