• Question: What inspired you to be a Phycologist?

    Asked by anon-290026 on 23 Mar 2021. This question was also asked by anon-289984, anon-289992, anon-290039, anon-290044, anon-290061.
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      anon answered on 23 Mar 2021:

      Hi,
      For me I didn’t really enjoy school at GCSE level or before, I didn’t really connect with any particular subject like a lot of my friends and fellow students. So much so that I was planning on doing a BTEC in surfing after GCSEs!
      Then I came across a psychology book and the rest is history! I fell in love with the science of the brain. The basis of who we are, what we think and why we do what do just fascinated me from this one book. I sort of fell in love with psychology after that (cheesy I know) and inspired me to get where I am now.

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      Luan Cassal answered on 24 Mar 2021:

      Hey!
      I had Health Psychology classes at my professional college course in Brazil. I enjoyed a lot the discussions on mental health, and especially the psychology lecturers’ engagement towards social transformation. I see being a psychologist as a way to make a positive impact on society. 🙂

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      Alex Baxendale answered on 24 Mar 2021:

      Hello!
      My mum always talked about it when I was younger, she tried it in college and thought it was pretty cool, so I figured I would give it a go when I went to college. When I started studying it I found out just how awesome it was, and decided to keep doing it!

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      Harry Piper answered on 24 Mar 2021:

      Hi!
      I’m not sure what got me hooked originally. I started thinking about it during my GCSEs but never formally studied until I went to university. here was something about it that got me hooked! I was always asking for resources during my A-levels from the psychology teacher, even though I wasn’t studying the subject then! There are so many subfields and topics to be studied that there really is something for everyone! That’s one of the things that led me to my topic area. I could investigate the topic that I was passionate about, and getting to find out cool new things about it!

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      Ellen Smith answered on 24 Mar 2021:

      When I was choosing my A Levels I had picked 3 and had another to choose, I wanted to study something new and ended up going with Psychology. I really loved studying it at A level, so decided to study it at university – although then I had no idea what career I’d end up in. In my second year of university I took an option module called ‘Diet and the Brain’ that’s when I learnt about this specific area. I was picked to do a summer research internship in the research centre I work in now (Brain, Performance and Nutrition Research Centre), I learnt so much and knew then that was what I wanted to do.

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      Lisa Orchard answered on 24 Mar 2021:

      When I started my A Level in psychology I found out I really loved the subject and performed really well. I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do as a career, but knew I wanted to go on to university to study it further. My career in teaching and researching evolved a lot by chance and circumstance, but I am really pleased the path lead me to here.

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      Dennis Relojo-Howell answered on 26 Mar 2021:

      Hello type430her. When I was 16 I really didn’t know what to study at university. I wasn’t even sure if I can afford to go to university. But one of my high school teachers encouraged me to study psychology. At first I didn’t like it, but in my third year at uni I realised how flexible the field of psychology is – it can lead to many different career paths. I also realised the real-life applications of psychology, and how it can improve the way you see the world and how you interact with people. To me, that’s why I decided to study psychology all throughout – for my undergraduate, master’s, and now PhD.

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