[psychology]
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wispfoxI am vaguely disturbed by _just_ how much I'm enjoying researching my intention of getting a PhD in Psychology. It's a bit difficult to find a combination of probable concentration interest (cognitive neuropsych) and topic interests (Autism Spectrum, especially NVLD, face blindness, and synesthesia are the main ones), though. ANU looks really promising (and unlike some other schools in AU I might name, are actually _replying_ to my questions), both for much research and for faculty working on potentially interesting topics.
It's somewhat annoying that, because I had insufficient information as an undergrad about the possibilities in Psych, I do not have very much psych class or research experience to draw upon when it comes time to apply. This mostly means that I need to take some classes (next fall, when doing so is less likely to be _stupid_ when combined with working and my damn wrists) between now and when it comes time to stop working, take my year off, and apply to school. Hopefully, doing so will also give me recommendation possibilities which are related to Psych. Because, right now, unless I count my mom (well... no), I don't have any. At all. This makes grad school application difficult.
Amusing, though, to have this research reminding me of such things as many tests being performed on me and my siblings, while my mom was in school for school Psych. Or the fact that I would randomly browse through the DSM-IV, because it intrigued me (some people browse dictionaries. Me? I browsed the DSM-IV). Or the fact that I went to a Psych stats course with my mom as a teen, because she thought I might be interested (I was, and baffled the professor because I was actually keeping up, for the most part).
Also very, _very_ annoying to have to limit my research and such because of my damn hands. But I'm close to being out of flare again! And I intend to remain offline during the long weekend, to get there.
It's somewhat annoying that, because I had insufficient information as an undergrad about the possibilities in Psych, I do not have very much psych class or research experience to draw upon when it comes time to apply. This mostly means that I need to take some classes (next fall, when doing so is less likely to be _stupid_ when combined with working and my damn wrists) between now and when it comes time to stop working, take my year off, and apply to school. Hopefully, doing so will also give me recommendation possibilities which are related to Psych. Because, right now, unless I count my mom (well... no), I don't have any. At all. This makes grad school application difficult.
Amusing, though, to have this research reminding me of such things as many tests being performed on me and my siblings, while my mom was in school for school Psych. Or the fact that I would randomly browse through the DSM-IV, because it intrigued me (some people browse dictionaries. Me? I browsed the DSM-IV). Or the fact that I went to a Psych stats course with my mom as a teen, because she thought I might be interested (I was, and baffled the professor because I was actually keeping up, for the most part).
Also very, _very_ annoying to have to limit my research and such because of my damn hands. But I'm close to being out of flare again! And I intend to remain offline during the long weekend, to get there.
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Re: Likewise with the "Aha!"
Date: 2006-07-05 02:42 pm (UTC)I'm very much in the process of figuring out what precisely I want to be, in psych, at least according to the terminology schools use. I know what I want to _do_, but finding schools doing it has been interesting (research, definitely. In austism spectrum disorders (esp NVLD), face blindness, and synesthesia, specifically. So, PhD, definitely. Probably cognitive neuroscience). Took me a bit less long to figure this out; started realizing that psych was an option (and was not only therapy) within the past two years, and have since been figuring out where I want my research to be.
I'm currently a software quality assurance engineer, and trying to figure out what I need to be doing in order to apply to various schools in a few years. :) (this is made especially interesting considering that I developed wrist tendonitis a bit over two months ago, and am trying to get out of flare, so have to limit wrist use, and therefore computer use)