Help me settle and argument

JCBeastie · 27 Nov 2006 at 16:44

Computers can do maths.

Only people can do psychology.

Rich_L · 27 Nov 2006 at 16:51

Depends on the job, if it required inter-personal skills then psychology > maths every time

Psychology's a good degree actually, my ex was doing Psychology for a degree a while back and I gave her a hand with some of the research/essays/revision and it's a good course with some interesting stuff in. Much more 'hard science' than it is given credit for actually.

cleanbluesky · 27 Nov 2006 at 16:59

Killa_ken said:
An A in math imply's to me that you are capable of learning anything, where as an A in psychology imply s your good at asking "and how do you feel about that"

opinions?

Wahahahahahahahahahah

This is actually how it works...

Student: "I think I have the condition we just learned about, I think this because I feel ways about stuff"

Peer: "I don't care how you feel about that..."

Rich_L said:
Depends on the job, if it required inter-personal skills then psychology > maths every time

Psychology's a good degree actually, my ex was doing Psychology for a degree a while back and I gave her a hand with some of the research/essays/revision and it's a good course with some interesting stuff in. Much more 'hard science' than it is given credit for actually.

Mere polite lies Oxbridge... you know and I know that it's all smoke and mirrors.

mcast123 · 27 Nov 2006 at 17:03

If you're looking at purely the end result i.e. getting a job after your degree, you're much better off with a maths degree.

I want to do a psychology degree as a second degree, as it interests me. There's no way in hell I'd do it as a primary.

Jonny ///M · 27 Nov 2006 at 17:06

Both are totally different for different people. Math you can, most of the time anyway,get an anser for everything but with psycology its always "the answer is this BUT it can also be X Y Z n!" etc etc. I hate the course i have to take in my accounts course,its all about management but its all theories and shizzle. I need answers to stuff and prefer math.

cleanbluesky · 27 Nov 2006 at 17:08

Anyone considering psychology should not underestimate two facts...

1) The majority of people who study psychology are women...

2) Many who study psychology have low self-esteem

So your chances of finding the golden combination of a beautiful woman with low self-esteem are greatly increased in comparison to a Maths course...

maths... pah!

Alty · 27 Nov 2006 at 17:10

GarethDW said:
Mind you, a few years ago I used to fancy Carol Vordermann, when she was less of a minger than she is now, of course.

I dunno, I'd still hit it

Altho to be fair she cant be THAT smart if she has had 2 (or is it 3?) failed marriages! (ok ok that was a lil harsh!)

Jonny ///M · 27 Nov 2006 at 17:12

cleanbluesky said:
Anyone considering psychology should not underestimate two facts...

1) The majority of people who study psychology are women...

2) Many who study psychology have low self-esteem

So your chances of finding the golden combination of a beautiful woman with low self-esteem are greatly increased in comparison to a Maths course...

maths... pah!

Hmmm you got a point.....theres this one in my class.....day release,21.....huge **** ,fiesty little number.

Jotun · 27 Nov 2006 at 17:16

Killa_ken said:
I've been having an argument with one of the girls doing a Psychology BSc she claims that if she got an A in a psychology mid-term, it would be equivalent to say an A in a Math midterm.

Well if you get an A then clearly you know the majority of the syllabus and did better than a large percentage of the other students on the course, regardless of the subject, so it means you are well qualified in your field of choice, so for showing what level you are at in the course then yes they are equivalent.

They are not the same for the amount of work that you put in to get that grade, an A for a foreign student would probabaly need more effort than it would for a native speaker, but would be worth the same to any employer. How much effort you put in and how worthwhile something may be, are completely different, so whilst phsychology may be a walk in the park for your friend and maths is eating in to all your time, (or vice versa) it means nothing to what the qualification is worth.

Killa_ken said:
If two people came to me for a job one with an A in Math and another with an A in psychology i wonder which id choose.

I'd agree if it was an engineering based role they wanted a job in, but what about personnel manager or a similar role? I'd want the person with the A in psychology for that.

Kreeeee · 27 Nov 2006 at 17:20

Dj_Jestar · 27 Nov 2006 at 17:27

There is so much Irony in this thread..

Mathmetician: Logical, very black and white, never a grey area.

Psychologist: Tends to be more open minded. Everything has a reason, but not every reason has a logical answer. Grey areas are acceptable.

Neither are more intelligent than the other.

The OP REAMS of jealousy.

bitslice · 27 Nov 2006 at 17:41

can't comment on psychology,
but I noticed that everyone in my house who was doing Electronics, Engineering or Teacher studies was up most nights till midnight sweating blood.

and everyone else was in the pub.... :-/

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trojan698 · 27 Nov 2006 at 17:55

They are both credible but incomparable courses. You can't dismiss psychology as easier simply because its in a different faculty.

Vonhelmet · 27 Nov 2006 at 18:12

Killa_ken said:
An A in math imply's to me that you are capable of learning anything, where as an A in psychology imply s your good at asking "and how do you feel about that"

opinions?

My opinion, and I don't think I'm alone on this, is that you know sweet fanny adams about psychology.

Furthermore, I'd say you know sweet fanny adams about counselling, which you clearly think psychology is.

Skeptic · 27 Nov 2006 at 18:13

In my opinion psychology is a science of the future. There are a lot of areas which are evolving very fast and it's quite an exciting business to be in.

Maths, however, seems a bit stale at the moment. Maths coupled with physics for example is exciting still, and new discoverys are being made all the time, but pure maths, what's left to learn?

I am happy with my choice of profession, and to those who are dismissing psychology as 'easy' should try reading up on the subject before making such a narrow-minded judgement.

Scam · 27 Nov 2006 at 18:14

Sounds like Maths elitism to me. Sure it might get you a job but lets face it none of the junk you learn above A-Level will be at all useful in real life

Theyre totally different subjects and totally different skills. Stop trying to get one over your mate because you were stupid enough to do Maths at Uni

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cleanbluesky · 27 Nov 2006 at 18:18

fus said:
In my opinion psychology is a science of the future. There are a lot of areas which are evolving very fast and it's quite an exciting business to be in.

Possibly, which might be good for me but one thing that I have noticed about psychological services, particularly therapies is that there is a sliding scale for some very basic therapies simply because people think that a psychological therapy is somehow special/different from general activities that might help a person overcome something...

Vonhelmet · 27 Nov 2006 at 18:21

Just to add some credibility to my thoughts on this matter... I got A's in maths, further maths and phsychology a-levels. I can assure that psychology had nothing to do with saying "and how do you feel about that"; and more to the point, I had to work hard for all the subjects, and probably hardest for psychology. I certainly worked harder for psychology than the regular maths.

Let's see you get an A in psychology a-level by asking "and how do you feel about that".

PS You're wrong.

PureAppleJuice · 27 Nov 2006 at 18:28

Sounds like the OP is a bit misinformed if he thinks that psychology is about asking people how they are. Sure maths is certainly a strong degree, no doubt about it, but you can't just pass psychology off as trash :s

In psychology you have to deal with some fairly complicated theories, and there is scientific fact behind a certain amount of the work, it's not all theory.

Killa_ken · 27 Nov 2006 at 19:17

Scam said:
Sounds like Maths elitism to me. Sure it might get you a job but lets face it none of the junk you learn above A-Level will be at all useful in real life

Theyre totally different subjects and totally different skills. Stop trying to get one over your mate because you were stupid enough to do Maths at Uni

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Oh no i dont do math, im Majoring in Medicine and minoring in Pharmacy. I just believe that a degreee in math will get you a far higher paid then psychology will.