• Question: What is it like being psychologists?

    Asked by anon-315989 on 14 Mar 2022.
    • Photo: Jamie Chan

      Jamie Chan answered on 14 Mar 2022:

      I love it! It’s great fun learning about why people behave they way they do and it gives you a better understanding of the world that you can also sometimes apply in your everyday life.

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      Hannah Howman answered on 14 Mar 2022:

      I love being a psychologist! Similar to Jamie, I enjoy learning about people and why they behave the way they do. I also love the variety of tasks, so some days you will be conducting experiments, other days analysing the findings, going to conferences, writing up studies for papers.

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      Reece Bush-Evans answered on 14 Mar 2022:

      Great question. Every day can be so different. I love learning about human behaviour and why people do the things they do. Some days can be totally filled up with collecting data (running research, analysing findings), whereas other days can include interviews, idea generation and writing up findings for publication.

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      Emily Hutchinson answered on 14 Mar 2022:

      Endlessly interesting 🙂 There are lots of different ways of working, and you also get to make a difference to the way people live and work – its very rewarding.

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      Emma Palmer-Cooper answered on 15 Mar 2022:

      I think its a really fun job. Some of my job is teaching, which I love. And the other part is my research, which I really enjoy because I get to ask new questions about people and be the first to know the answer. I also love the science communiaction part of my job where I get to tell people all about the work I do.

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      Nadine Mirza answered on 17 Mar 2022:

      Honestly- I can’t believe I get to do this everyday. It’s my dream job. When I was younger I used to see these cool people on TV. Psychologists that talk to people and get to do research in their labs and write books that help people and I now I get to actually do it myself!

      I love that there’s so much a psychologist can do- lots of different things, and it’s never boring.

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      Michelle Newman answered on 18 Mar 2022:

      Very varied! No two weeks are the same. That can make it really exciting and interesting. But I also find it very rewarding, particularly when someone I am working with thanks me for listening to them about their challenges and understanding them.

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