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Confessions of a Psychology Newbie: What Happened When I Actually Read That Textbook This article is solely based on psychology book reading fundamentals. I’ll be honest: my first psychology book sat on my shelf for three weeks. It wasn’t just any book – it was a textbook. An actual, 500-page, college-level introduction to psychology. The […]

Beyond Pop Psychology: Cultivating Your Inner Psychological Thinker How to think like a psychologist? I will share my experience. When I started learning psychology, I made a crucial mistake: I collected facts like stamps. “Ooh, the Stanford Prison Experiment!” “Ah, Freud’s id, ego, superego!” I had trivia but no framework. I wasn’t thinking like a

Your Guide to Psychology’s Different Neighborhoods I have a way to educate the mass on the topic major branches of psychology.Imagine psychology as a vast city. When I first started exploring, I felt completely lost – every street seemed to lead somewhere different, every neighborhood had its own language. Was I in “Clinical” or “Cognitive”

Clearing Up the Confusion: Beyond the Couch and Crystal Balls When I told people I was learning psychology, I got two main reactions: “Can you read my mind?” or “Are you going to be analyzing me?” Neither is true, and both reflect common misconceptions about this field. Let’s clear up what it really is –

Welcome to Your Mind – Let’s Explore It Together Have you ever wondered why you remember some things instantly but forget others? Why some days you feel motivated and other days you can’t get started? Or why people behave so differently in groups versus alone? These aren’t just random occurrences – they’re windows into the