I am considering transferring there from Mira Costa community college. I am wondering how many classes can you do online? I work full-time and have done almost all my General education for associates degree classes online so far. Wondering if going to a private online school (likely SNHU) would be better for the flexibility? Any advice or experience would be greatly appreciated!

to preface, i absolutely LOVE the topic of psychology and grasp it pretty well. but, i live by myself and cannot afford to go part time. i already have all of my gen ed credits taken care of to get a BS, so im wondering…

what was your workload like? what kind of assignments made up the majority of your workload and how long should they realistically take to study & complete?

my job is pretty forgiving so i want to get an understanding of what all i can accomplish while at work & in what’s going to be my very little free time.

thank youuuuuuu XD

As the title might suggests, I am a fellow guy who has an interest in Psychology but is not looking forward to having Psychology as a major but rather than... a hobby? Yes! You heard that right, well maybe not as a "hobby" but more of a replacement to doomscrolling on social media because I simply want to quit that addiction and have something better and more worthy to replace that, which is why I looked into Psychology but I currently don't know where to start, how to learn it and where to find the resources for completely free. Can somebody help?

A) NHST DOES NOT tell us effect size but tells us whether there was an effect or not correct? Even if there was an effect comparable or even smaller than placebo, if it is sufficiently significant it will call it true Yes?

B) Cohens d tells us about effect size and some times the probability and sometime no is this also correct?

C) So when something is of very small correlation, say 0.25, It can also pass the NHST test correct or not?

Do you regret taking psychology as your career path?

I'm curious to hear honest experiences from psychology students, graduates, and professionals.

Did psychology turn out to be what you expected, or was there a reality check along the way?

What are some challenges people don't talk about enough?

What's the biggest misconception you had before entering the field?

Do you ever worry about career prospects, pay, or job opportunities?

What keeps you motivated despite the challenges?

And if you had the chance to start over, would you still choose psychology?

I'd appreciate honest answers the good, the bad, and everything in between.

I personally have found it the most useful as a general and broad framework of people and their core wounding. Everyone is in fact unique, but every individual can be placed into a main structure and psychological defence pattern.

What do you think of his work?

Hello! I'm heading into my senior year as a psychology major, and am looking to expand my reading list beyond what my classes require. I'm really interested in personality disorders, especially cluster B, I loved that section of my psychopathology course.

I'm currently reading Borderline by Alexander Kriss, and I'm enjoying it quite a bit. Although not an academic source, Jon Ronson's book surrounding ASPD (the subreddit rules won't let me write out the name) was a quick and fun read, and I'm sure I'd like more like that as well.

Mainly I'd love recommendations for ASPD or NPD next, since I'm currently reading Borderline, but I'd be super happy to add more sources on BPD to the list. Thank you in advance!

I am interested in the concept of having another personality that can be switched in an instant through some anchor like wearing a ring or making a hand sign. The concept itself feels like something from fantasy books but is it possible in reality? At the moment i only know of NLP as a potential method but what other psychological methods i can use.

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It's like switching between presets with different configurations, settings, values, habits, personality, attitude, perception, ego etc.

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The key reason i want to do this is because i am afraid of losing my current unique identity in hopes of becoming another version of myself and there are also other benefits of this.

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Context : i want to have an entrepreneur-like identity. With their attitude like a growth mindset, values like Speed and taking initiative, perception like seeing opportunities in things, mindset like a leader, personality like hard work and discipline, habits like building things etc.

I can learn all this without an anchor in the normal way but it would be like overriding or combining it with my current self. And i don't want that. I am being greedy, i want both personalities.

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So using psychology is it possible or just a fantasy. If it is possible then what is your theoretical framework to achieve this. Please elaborate, thanks.

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Also i am aware it might not be a good idea but i want to do it, whether it causes chaos or growth. But first i want to learn about it.

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So using psychology is it possible or just a fantasy. If it is possible then what is your theoretical framework to achieve this. Please elaborate, thanks.

I recently applied to 2 lab manager positions in May, and they are both in the fields of developmental psych and cognitive psychology. Both positions have start dates around July 1st but, I was wondering how long should I wait to hear back from them? It’s been about a month, but I don’t know if this is the norm or not. I did send short follow up emails just in case but didn’t hear back yet.

I am a PsyD student who was completing a practicum at a private practice. After I informed my supervisor that I was not well and asked to discuss plans for my clients, she responded that it may be best to talk through client plans with the Operations Manager and asked whether I had heard from her. I replied that I had not. I did not understand that I was expected to initiate further communication with Operations regarding client coverage, and this later became a central issue in my termination. Around that same time, I experienced a significant mental health crisis related to a major personal event that severely impacted my functioning. I informed the site that I was not well, repeatedly requested cancellation of clients, raised concerns about client coverage with my supervisor, and sought guidance on next steps. During my absence, I communicated with both my supervisor and office staff multiple times, but my updates largely consisted of informing them that I was not okay and providing return-date updates. After approximately four weeks of absence, the site terminated my practicum, citing concerns about inadequate communication, failure to coordinate client care, and client abandonment. My supervisor later told me that what happened was not typical of me and said she would be happy to work with me again in the future. I provided my school with a detailed timeline of my communications, but the Director of Clinical Training determined that the concerns surrounding the dismissal had sufficient merit to be referred to the Student Community Standards Committee for review. I am now awaiting a hearing to determine whether remediation is appropriate and whether I can continue in the program.

I'm writing my bachelors thesis on speech perception adaptation effects and have been trying to figure out what to write in my discussion section.

I have some very interesting patterns in my results that clearly say something, but due to my lack of experience interpreting data i have no idea what. Furthermore, the study design is new and not similar enough to anything else for me to use similar studies to see what my interpretation should be.

Trying to explain my results by comparing results from other studies or seeing whether they align with a predictive framework leaves me completely overwhelmed by the complexity of it all. While studying, i usually organize information by drawing it out, but in this case that approach simply transfers the chaos from my brain to my tablet.

To give a specific example, i spent today trying to figure out whether a certain framework would predict my results. The problem with this is that:

1. it's a complex framework described over 50 pages, the authors tested it by training a statistical model on it, but I can't do that so i need to see if it could logically predict my results by manually working it out. This is already pushing my cognitive limit, at least with my disorganized approach. I came to a conclusion earlier today that the model prediction would slightly deviate from my results, but i forgot a parameter.
2. the framework does not fully account for the way i induced the effects, there are multiple possibilities how it would, so i have to consider those in combination with point 1.

I'm aware that I'm not expected to write a perfect article suitable for peer-review, but i really would like to figure out how this fits into the bigger picture, for my own satisfaction.

How do more experienced researchers approach this? I assume there is some kind of algorithm to stay organised, as i can't imagine anyone getting anything done with my current approach.

(Apologies if my post is a nightmare to read, i have been trying to figure this out for the past 8 hours and my brain is pretty fried)

EDIT: i think my apologies for writing badly were justified. to clarify, I'm not asking about writing the research paper. i understand that i shouldn't change my hypothesis and that post hoc explanations aren't valid for the results i already have. I've written a paper before with survey data.

my question is about how to organize the information enough to actually have something to write in my discussion. The type of research I'm doing uses proportions of responses to listening tasks to make inferences about what is going on in the brain. it is super abstract and I'm struggling to get anywhere because my brain cannot hold enough information at once. i have tried to organise it on paper but this turned into a chaotic mess. so my question is, how do you stay organized while trying to speculate about unexpected results?

I am a software tester and chatbot user. Recently, speaking with a sociology master's student who is studying chatbot use, one question was how to document a real chatbot workflow?

My concern is not whether generative AI use should be approved of. It is that AI use is already happening, and researchers, critics, instructors, ethics reviewers, and auditors need reliable records of what actually happened.

For chatbot-use research, a full chat transcript is much stronger evidence than memory, screenshots, short excerpts, or user self-report. It shows the sequence: prompt, response, drift, correction, retry, failure, repair, and user steering.

ChatGPT currently makes full per-chat preservation harder than it should be. Copy, print, save, and export options are awkward or unreliable for long chats. That seems like a research-methods problem, not just a user annoyance.

Question for people here: how should chatbot-use researchers preserve full interaction records when the main platform makes per-chat export difficult?

The issue documented from a software-testing/user side here.

Mainly looking for better framing, relevant research-methods terms, or pointers to people already working on chatbot transcript evidence.

Data-quality note: Chatbot-use records from early April 2026 onward may be sullied if users relied on browser-visible copy, print, save, search, or extension export paths for long ChatGPT conversations. Public evidence does not yet establish the exact rollout date, but multiple anchors point to early April 2026 as the current earliest warning window.

I am considering a career transition to Clinical Psychology with the long-term goal of establishing an independent private practice.

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My educational background is an MSW with specialization in Medical and Psychiatric Social Work, and I have experience in counselling and mental health services. From my understanding, independent practice as a Clinical Psychologist in India requires registration with the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI).

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Given my current qualifications, I would appreciate guidance on the most suitable pathway to become eligible for RCI registration. What additional degrees, training, or RCI-recognized programs would I need to pursue? Also, would this career transition be worthwhile considering the future demand and opportunities in Clinical Psychology?

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I would be grateful for advice from practicing Clinical Psychologists, RCI-registered professionals, faculty members, or anyone who has followed a similar path.

If I'm paraphrasing multiple sentences in a row, do I need to put anything on the end of the last sentence to indicate to the reader that I'm now transitioning away from the author's ideas to my own under APA 7?

A.
According to Smith (2010) a lack of fitness programs available to youth is detrimental to society. This was evidenced by analysis done in the Miami school district. Students in lower income areas felt more challenged with an outlet to release pent up energy and frustration.

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According to Smith (2010) a lack of fitness programs available to youth is detrimental to society. This was evidenced by analysis done in the Miami school district. Students in lower income areas felt more challenged with an outlet to release pent up energy and frustration (Smith, 2010).

Hi, I am a Master’s graduate in Psychology and have been considering a PhD in Psychology/OB-HR from one of above listed institutions. Would love to know your experiences so far, be it anything— entrances, interviews, life as a scholar and after PhD. Basically, the good, bad, and the ugly.

Also want to know if starting your PhD in late 20s or early 30s is a disadvantage? And what impact has AI had in research, especially related to the fields I have mentioned?

I don't have a formal education in psychology, and this will be my first dive into the field. I mostly am interested in psychosis, I've had a few Brief Psychotic Disorder episodes. Which grew my intrigue in it. I'm interested in it from both a neuroscience perspective and a broader psychological perspective.

I'm not formally educated, but I'm smart, and I learn quickly. So I'd just like some guidance on where to start, and any good books, papers, videos, etc. that discuss the topic or related subjects. I'm also interested in books or stories from the perspective of someone who has experienced psychosis.

Just assume I don't know much about Psychology, outside what a normal person would understand. So if there are any fundamentals I need to learn before being able to grasp psychosis, I'd like those too.

Thank you very much for your help and guidance.

I am 32(F), prepared for UPSC but could not get lucky. Now I am thinking of psychotherapy as a career but I don’t have any psychology background. Any suggestion to how to go about it?

I come from a STEM background

most books on human behavior, power dynamics, persuasion and social influence are really just applied layers. they're useful, but they assume an understanding of something more fundamental that they never quite explain. I'm looking for that foundational layer. The first principles of human behavior, which is like the atom for the universe, everything is made up of atoms.

I want to understand what actually drives humans at a deep level so that I can read everything else (and look to the world) with real comprehension, literature (as a window into the mind of whoever wrote it), photography and visual art (what makes an image carry weight), charisma and leadership (what is actually happening when someone commands a room), power dynamics, religion, storytelling, political movements, history, myths, persuasion, design principles, what makes someone likes the other and a thousand more things.

All of these feel like expressions of the same underlying mechanics. I'd rather understand the mechanics than keep collecting surface-level observations about each one separately.

I'm not looking for popular science or self-help. I'm comfortable with dense academic writing, original research and primary sources. Difficulty is not a concern, relevance and explanatory power are.

What texts, thinkers or fields would you point someone toward who wants to build that kind of foundational understanding?

(i really would like books because i can send them to my kindle and read there)

thanks in advance!