ATAR Notes: Forum
Uni Stuff => Universities - Victoria => University of Melbourne => Topic started by: sadboy222 on January 29, 2013, 12:57:09 pm
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is it a good subject?
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It's pretty good, I did mind brain and behaviour 2. The content isn't hard, just a lot of rote learning. The staff are always happy to help, and the discussion board for the subject is really helpful.
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It's pretty good, I did mind brain and behaviour 2. The content isn't hard, just a lot of rote learning. The staff are always happy to help, and the discussion board for the subject is really helpful.
thanks for the reply i was thinking of doing "PSYC10003 Mind, Brain & Behaviour 1"
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thanks for the reply i was thinking of doing "PSYC10003 Mind, Brain & Behaviour 1"
No worries, yeah it shouldn't be too bad. I suppose working on the assignment is the hardest part, requires a fair bit of research if you want to do well.
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No worries, yeah it shouldn't be too bad. I suppose working on the assignment is the hardest part, requires a fair bit of research if you want to do well.
thanks for the reply.
the subject isnt too hard is it?
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I've heard that first year psychology isn't too hard to do well in, but some aspects are a bit...wanky, from what I've heard. For example, in MBB1, there is apparently an assignment which involves describing how looking at a sunset makes you feel. If you're a more right-brain, logical sort, this may not be the subject for you.
Psychology is kind of at the crossroads of Arts and Science, and has students from both degrees studying it. It's a fairly popular third science subject for those doing Chem and Bio.
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I did both first year psych units and in terms of difficulty, they're not overly difficult but you really have to be consistent with your work; first semester psych has more "science (bio & chem)" based concepts in it - because I didn't have that background I found I had to work a lot harder for it than semester 2 psych, which was more based around social psychology, something I love :) For both units though, you really need to keep up to date with lectures as doing well in the exam (which accounts for 60% of your grade) is essential to getting a good mark - also the assignments for this subject (the omg-how-do-i-talk-about-a-sunset essay in sem 1 and the more formal essay in semester 2) account for 40% of your grade so make sure you don't make any silly mistakes in them (I remember making a mistake with referencing and losing marks in my 2nd essay :( ). You'll get practice exam Q's before the exam so do them and discuss solutions with others as a lot of the exam Q's turn out to be very similar or sometimes even the same as the practice Q's :) :) As a breadth subject, it won't be a walk in the park (since it has an exam and 3 comprehensive lectures a week) but if you love psychology then it'll be totally worth it :)