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Re: Psychology or legal studies? What to do?
« Reply #30 on: February 23, 2011, 07:26:38 pm »
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Psychology if you are useless, Legal if you are not
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Re: Psychology or legal studies? What to do?
« Reply #31 on: February 23, 2011, 07:28:34 pm »
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Quote from: taiga on February 23, 2011, 07:26:38 pm
Psychology if you are useless, Legal if you are not

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Re: Psychology or legal studies? What to do?
« Reply #32 on: February 23, 2011, 07:29:13 pm »
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In all seriousness though, if you want to be a midwife, Pyschology may be of some small help


Though ATAR, it is probably best not to suggest that less than 40 is a "poor" score :P
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Re: Psychology or legal studies? What to do?
« Reply #33 on: February 23, 2011, 07:33:24 pm »
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Quote from: taiga on February 23, 2011, 07:26:38 pm
Psychology if you are useless, Legal if you are not
*Cough* ... Geography if you are useless, Legal if you are not :P

And hey, that was my opinion of <40. Besides it's VN...nerds on this!
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Re: Psychology or legal studies? What to do?
« Reply #34 on: February 23, 2011, 07:37:22 pm »
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Quote from: ATAR on February 23, 2011, 07:33:24 pm
Quote from: taiga on February 23, 2011, 07:26:38 pm
Psychology if you are useless, Legal if you are not
*Cough* ... Geography if you are useless, Legal if you are not :P


Geography actually has a lot more real-life applications, and is far from useless. Without the 'useless' people who study geo, I'm sure many more would have been tragically involved in the disatsters of the QLD floods and NZ earthquakes.

I see the employed psych community has contributed {insert synonym of 'nothing'} to of recent to real life applicability.
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Re: Psychology or legal studies? What to do?
« Reply #35 on: February 23, 2011, 07:40:20 pm »
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Geography has more real life application than any of my other subjects LOL!
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Re: Psychology or legal studies? What to do?
« Reply #36 on: February 23, 2011, 07:41:29 pm »
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Jesus to the both of you.

Throughout this whole thread I haven't used the word 'applicable' ONCE. I use 'relevant'

And clearly I was joking as taiga did Geography....and didn't score that well :P
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Re: Psychology or legal studies? What to do?
« Reply #37 on: February 23, 2011, 07:50:19 pm »
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I haven't done either of the three subjects (including geo), so I am taking an unbiased and unequivocal stance in this thread. In reality: Geo > Legal > Psych.

In terms of (relating back to OP) applicability or relevance to real life (seeing as both subjects scale similarly and both have new study designs this year), I would have to side with Legal. After reading ATAR's biased and flimsy defense of psych (which he is most certainly entitled to), I stand by this stance.

@Em: Legal > Psych
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Re: Psychology or legal studies? What to do?
« Reply #38 on: February 23, 2011, 08:11:52 pm »
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Quote from: ATAR on February 23, 2011, 07:41:29 pm
Jesus to the both of you.

Throughout this whole thread I haven't used the word 'applicable' ONCE. I use 'relevant'

And clearly I was joking as taiga did Geography....and didn't score that well :P
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/applicable
–adjective
applying  or capable of being applied;  relevant; suitable; appropriate: an applicable rule; a solution that is applicable to the problem.
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Re: Psychology or legal studies? What to do?
« Reply #39 on: February 23, 2011, 08:14:55 pm »
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Quote from: Tobias Funke on February 23, 2011, 08:11:52 pm
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/applicable
–adjective
applying  or capable of being applied;  relevant; suitable; appropriate: an applicable rule; a solution that is applicable to the problem.

LOL ;D
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Re: Psychology or legal studies? What to do?
« Reply #40 on: February 23, 2011, 08:22:59 pm »
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Wow.

Let's make this quite clear.

If something is applicable you can APPLY it to life.

If something is relevant it shows a correlation or some sort of link with life - not necessarily applicable.

Far out kids - grow up.
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Re: Psychology or legal studies? What to do?
« Reply #41 on: February 23, 2011, 08:33:10 pm »
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Just because you study psychology doesn't mean you can play mind games on us. :P
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Re: Psychology or legal studies? What to do?
« Reply #42 on: February 23, 2011, 08:35:13 pm »
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Quote from: werdna on February 23, 2011, 08:33:10 pm
Just because you study psychology doesn't mean you can play mind games on us. :P
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Re: Psychology or legal studies? What to do?
« Reply #43 on: February 23, 2011, 08:36:57 pm »
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Please stop generalizing about what score is good or not, yes I wasn't happy with my Geo score, but I would  be a douchebag if I went around in public saying I did poorly, because to most of the state it is a good score.


Anyway we should keep this on topic, though I don't think the thread is going anywhere :P
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Re: Psychology or legal studies? What to do?
« Reply #44 on: February 23, 2011, 08:39:27 pm »
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Quote from: taiga on February 23, 2011, 08:36:57 pm
Please stop generalizing about what score is good or not, yes I wasn't happy with my Geo score, but I would  be a douchebag if I went around in public saying I did poorly, because to most of the state it is a good score.


Anyway we should keep this on topic, though I don't think the thread is going anywhere :P
Taiga, you told me yourself you weren't happy which I take as permission to just state a fact. If it was anyone else I would not comment but I knew your aims, school etc.

Besides you called my subject useless ::)

This thread has the majority saying Psych with the exception of Rohitpi's vehemence against it.
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