psychological deathtraps

I need to choose what courses I want to fulfill the science requirement of my
degree. Thus, I ask; just how MATHY is Introductory Psychology? My sister has
informed me that it is like sixth dimension geometry, and another source has
informed me that there is NO MATH AT ALL, and I believe he said this because he
was in university years ago. Grade 12 Calculus is not a prerequisite, but I did
happen to take it. More importantly, psychology is something I am actually
interested in. I have made it a life goal to learn why people are stupid.
Advanced math, on the other hand,the elderly get it on. Should I go with first
year psychology? [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=XC_45v-mWv0&mode=related&search=[/youtube]

first year psychology is about as mathy as a pinata…except this pinata is filled with napalm instead of candy. it’s good to know that you’re actually interested in psychology, sort of. you see, psych is an epic class here at U of T. it used to be taught as a full-year course at convocation hall, and was THE BIGGEST UNDERGRADUATE CLASS IN CANADA. now it’s been cleft in twain, to make it more manageable. but PSY100 still remains a first year deathtrap for many students. if you take it, take it because you want to do well enough to major in psych and take some really interesting upper-year classes. students who take psych to fulfill their science distribution credit are always in for a big surprise when they find out that the class is hard, and maybe a little bit less involving than they thought it would be.

so your life goal is to understand why people are stupid? you could just be a future askastudent with that attitude. but if you take PSY100, please don’t go around flaunting this week’s lesson about stress like you actually know what you’re talking about…it happens every year, and every year i throw eggs at psych students.

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