Which subject do you enjoy learning more about?
Psychology vs Sociology
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The most interesting?
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Which one do you like best?
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Which topic do you enjoy learning more about? (if you're in college)
12/12/2011
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I think they're both interesting and useful, depending on how they're applied.
For me, the social sciences in general is a love hate sort of thing. As described in a previous thread I made about an assignment I had in a Soc class that basically wanted us to disregard any research done in other fields as "pseudo-science" and the result of social corruption to support a conclusion that mental illness isn't, in any way shape or form, "real." That sort of shit can happen a lot in both fields. People get all high on themselves and their "work" and write self aggrandizing theories about whatever.
But the fields can also be infinitely useful and telling. As far as psychology goes and the workings of the individual mind, I really really enjoy keeping up with various advancements in neuroscience. I think that field of research has a huge amount of promise and I find it endlessly fascinating, even though a lot of the research being done today is still in its infancy and they're just getting down the basics of things like "it looks like this when this part of the brain does that" and so on.
As far as sociology, my heart really belongs to the more interdisciplinary realm of demography. I absolutely adore how population studies work. It's much more statistics based than many areas of social research and it ties to basically every issue you could think of. The environment, health, poverty, sexual practices, economic and governmental organization, etc.
For me, the social sciences in general is a love hate sort of thing. As described in a previous thread I made about an assignment I had in a Soc class that basically wanted us to disregard any research done in other fields as "pseudo-science" and the result of social corruption to support a conclusion that mental illness isn't, in any way shape or form, "real." That sort of shit can happen a lot in both fields. People get all high on themselves and their "work" and write self aggrandizing theories about whatever.
But the fields can also be infinitely useful and telling. As far as psychology goes and the workings of the individual mind, I really really enjoy keeping up with various advancements in neuroscience. I think that field of research has a huge amount of promise and I find it endlessly fascinating, even though a lot of the research being done today is still in its infancy and they're just getting down the basics of things like "it looks like this when this part of the brain does that" and so on.
As far as sociology, my heart really belongs to the more interdisciplinary realm of demography. I absolutely adore how population studies work. It's much more statistics based than many areas of social research and it ties to basically every issue you could think of. The environment, health, poverty, sexual practices, economic and governmental organization, etc.
12/12/2011
Well I started off with a minor in psych and dropped that for a major in soc. I have a bachelors in soc and working on a master's. Sociology is much more interesting.
12/17/2011
Psychology, for sure.
12/17/2011
Psychology for me. I have taken quite a few courses on Psych and I've never lost interest yet!
12/17/2011
I really find them both interesting
12/17/2011
I find both interesting, but I am a psych major for a reason.
12/20/2011
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