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Asked by anon-282382 on 8 Mar 2021. This question was also asked by anon-284018, anon-282386.
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Alex Baxendale answered on 8 Mar 2021:
Hello! My mum always talked about how she learned Psychology in a night class when she was younger. It always sounded kinda interesting so I figured I’d give it a go, I couldn’t think of a 4th A-Level for college anyway, so it just worked out nicely! Whilst learning about it in College I found out just how interested in it I was, so I kept following it
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anon answered on 8 Mar 2021: last edited 8 Mar 2021 6:02 pm
Hi JenH,
I often describe my choice to study psychology as a love affair. Love is something that you can’t really pinpoint why you love the thing (or someone) as you do. For me everything about science is objective. We have experiments, we have brain scanners. But why I love psychology and subsequently chose to study it – I am not sure, I just have a feeling or sense that this is for me, I just can’t put my finger on one thing or why. -
Ellen Smith answered on 8 Mar 2021:
I’d chosen 3 of my A level choices (Maths, History and ICT) and I had space for one more, I wanted to do something I’d never studied before and was between Economics and Psychology. I went for Psychology because it just appealed to me a bit more. I really enjoyed learning about it and I knew then that I wanted to go on and study it at university.
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Lisa Orchard answered on 8 Mar 2021:
I didn’t really know what psychology was at school. I remember sitting down with my college perspective going through and circling all the subjects that sounded good! I’d always been naturally curious and I have always tried to understand people (asking questions like “Why would they do that?”), so when I read the description I was instantly sold. My psychology teachers were fantastic. They were so passionate about psychology, and really gave me a love for the topic.
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Amrita Bains answered on 9 Mar 2021:
Hi Jen! This is a good question because I don’t really know why. When I was in school I had a really great PE teacher and when I went to do my A-levels she also taught psychology, and she made it so interesting! She helped me understand that psychology is applied to a lot of areas for example you can be a clinical psychologist who works in a hospital, you could be a forensic psychologist who helps the police solve cases, you could also be researcher or work in a business! So, I went to study it at university and almost every year I would change my mind of what kind of psychologist I wanted to be as there were a lot of cool topics.
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Dennis Relojo-Howell answered on 9 Mar 2021:
Hi JenH. 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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Harry Piper answered on 9 Mar 2021:
It’s a really hard one to pin down! I took an interest in psychology during my GCSEs and then took it up for university. It always struck me as interesting, and the friends I spoke to about it were very supportive! It is also so broad that you can easily switch your interests without leaving the discipline (I moved from relationships and health to interpersonal threat!)
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David McGonigle answered on 12 Mar 2021:
Hi Jen! It took me a long time to actually make the decision – it wasn’t until my second year in university that I decided to make the jump to ‘the dark side’ away from my planned degree in Physics to a more biologically-based degree. We can all change our minds, even after we’ve accepted a place at Uni!
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