How to study for my psychology exams? Part 2 – Preparation

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 [...]

By |2021-10-05T20:02:36+08:00August 28, 2012|studying psychology|0 Comments

Academic requirements for local psychology diplomas and degrees

Psychology is becoming such a popular subject and program that there are a lot of schools (private and government-funded) that offers psychology programs. In this post, I will mainly focus on the local and non-private institutions as they tend to be the most popular, and the ones which tend to be thought of first when considering for diploma and degree programs. The [...]

By |2021-11-19T11:31:10+08:00June 16, 2012|studying psychology|0 Comments

Analogies: The Healthy Diet Pyramid

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 [...]

By |2021-11-19T11:34:17+08:00June 6, 2012|studying psychology|0 Comments

Years of training to become a psychologist

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 [...]

By |2021-11-19T11:41:36+08:00March 16, 2012|Careers, studying psychology|0 Comments

Accreditation of overseas programs

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 [...]

By |2021-11-19T11:43:18+08:00February 16, 2012|Careers, studying psychology|0 Comments

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 [...]

By |2021-08-10T20:46:23+08:00December 31, 2011|studying psychology|0 Comments

Jobs and job prospects (Part 1)

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 [...]

By |2021-11-19T17:05:26+08:00August 10, 2011|studying psychology|0 Comments

Can I get in Honours / Masters?? [Caution: Post may be distressful for some]

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 [...]

By |2021-08-11T16:04:15+08:00August 1, 2011|studying psychology|0 Comments