Overhearing 2 psychology students on the train yesterday (I assume they are psychology students with their knowledge of careers in psychology)... "Did you know that a psychologist's average pay in Singapore is only 4 to 5 thousand dollars a month? But in overseas, a psychologist's pay in a private sector is around 9 to 10 thousand dollars. That's almost like [...]
This question has been asked too many times, hence it deserves a post to be used to explain it.. We often see Bachelors of Science (BSc) in Psychology and Bachelors of Arts (BA) in Psychology, and people may ask what the difference is between these programs, when sometimes both are offered in the university? Basically I have to start off [...]
Before you start reading on, please read this post regarding the comparison of Bachelors degrees first. Ok, I have received several emails from readers regarding their choices of Bachelors degrees, and one common thing they often do is to choose one Australian and one UK degree, and ask me to compare on which is better. However, I always have some [...]
Hi Everyone I am a graduate from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Diploma of Psychology & Community Services. I took interest in Psychology when I was in secondary school and hence studied real hard to get it in. However, several questions do arise after graduation. What if I want to continue to pursue Psychology as a career? Do I have enough funds [...]
Well, JCU is rather competitive, because students are fighting for honours, with 75% distinction average needed for Year 3 modules needed qualification of honours, which is sad because you see many people just fighting for honours aimlessly, and the joy of learning dies. JCU has a solid coursework and the lecturers are from the Australian campus posted to the Singapore [...]
In this post, we will look at some techniques that will help in improving your memory for storing your exam information. The list is extensive and can consist of anything you can think of, so this is just a short list of ideas that you can try to use. Before you read any further, please make sure you read on [...]
I have always been writing posts that promote psychology, and it seems like now is the time to be critical and think about the opposite direction as well. Yes, you want to do psychology and may be suitable for psychology, but is psychology really a good choice? If you think it through, actually psychology doesn't seem like a very good choice. [...]
Australia is one of the favourite places for undergraduate and postgraduate studies in psychology. This is probably due to the shorter distance and lower cost of programs in Australia, as compared to UK and America. However, a lot of people would still ask how to become a psychologist. If you have been following this blog, you should know that just [...]
Studying for exams always require a lot of preparation. As mentioned earlier, you need to have studied the materials in some ways or methods before you start preparing for the exams. You will need to read through all the material thoroughly, if you have not studied anything during the semester. So what would be the results of good preparation for [...]
This is not a common question that I get, but some people may ask this question. Is there a lot of psychologists in Singapore? or How many psychologists are there in Singapore? With the knowledge that we have so many students doing psychology, both full-time and part-time, diplomas and degrees, local and private schools, and obviously a big batch of [...]