I have brought this analogy up in previous posts but it may not be obvious to how it also symbols the education and work specificity of people studying psychology. This is something we all learnt in primary and secondary schools in Singapore in health education. It is the Healthy Diet Pyramid. This picture is from the Health Promotion Board of [...]
This question has been asked a couple of times, but it has not been really answered before. So how long do you need to take to become a psychologist (in Singapore and other countries)? I'll start the topic with the explaining what the difference is between "membership" and "registration". Membership is where you become a member (of whatever level) of [...]
You may be asking: "Why is it important that my program is accredited?" and "What is accreditation?" According to APS, accreditation "refers to the process of external assessment to determine if a course (and the higher education provider offering the course) meet the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) Accreditation Standards for Psychology Courses. Courses which do not achieve APAC accreditation [...]
Firstly, Happy New Year to everyone!! Towards the new year, everyone would be deciding on which courses they are going to take, with their O's and A's levels results to be out soon. So this post will be focused on whether a student would be suitable to take up psychology as a choice of study. For choices of programs to [...]
I should get this started as this is one of the main issues and thoughts when people start studying psychology. I will use the term "job"" rather than "career" as "career" has an inclination towards a long-term planning to reach a certain position and job. Will I be able to get a job?? What job will I be able to [...]
There is no explicit rule on how much you need to get into these post-Bachelors education. However, I will try to give you an idea of what happening as you try to transition from Bachelors to Honours to Masters. Most people who come into the area of psychology somehow will have a dream of being a psychologist, however let us [...]
Ok now for the 4th year in a degree in psychology. This is with the assumption that your Bachelor's course do not come with an Honours degree. If it does, good for you, you can continue your bachelors straight into the Honours year. so what are Honours (or 4th year)? Is it still a Bachelor's? Yes, it is still a [...]
Some of you may be just starting off in your studies in psychology or deciding whether you want to take up psychology or not. So this is probably the first post you should be reading if you find the earlier posts a little too heavy for your liking. Some people may enrol into a psychological course or program, but may [...]