I'm glad I didn't regret choosing psychology. As the author said below, psychology has its aesthetic value, and the world it describes is as attractive as literature. Through psychology, we can constantly know ourselves and understand the behavior of others and the world. This perspective cannot be measured by good or bad, as long as you feel good from it, that is the happiness you choose.
Psychology seen by the public is only the tip of the iceberg of this subject. A friend asked me, what do you study psychology for? I said to him, we are doing an experiment, put two feet of the compass in your palm, and see if you feel one or two. Hehe, I just want to tell him that psychological counseling is not the whole of psychology. Many psychologists are doing very basic research in the laboratory and making contributions to enhancing human understanding.
The following is the post of bbs.kaoyan.com, a forum for postgraduate entrance examination (note: some irrelevant contents have been deleted), written by s9076. His understanding of this major is relatively in place and mature. I am also an interdisciplinary psychology student. Although I inevitably refute his last remarks, his pertinent views are worth seeing:
I spent about two or three hours reading some speeches and thinking. Everyone accepts what is right, but does not object to what is wrong. Personal views are purely for reference.
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2。 Views on the future of psychology.
Many people think that psychology is to be a teacher and engage in psychological counseling or something. The current situation in Shanghai is that after graduating from a master's degree, you can't get a teacher position in a university in Shanghai. I can only be a counselor in a university in Shanghai, and at least get a doctorate. Many people want to engage in psychological counseling. Judging from the current situation in China, it is impossible to maintain a certain standard of living simply by engaging in psychological counseling, unless you are willing to spend more than ten years to establish a guild hall in Shanghai. At present, there are enough psychological counseling posts in Shanghai universities. It is estimated that it will be difficult for you to enter after graduation in the next three years. If more people want to enter colleges and universities, many people will become counselors. At present, the better future of psychology is to enter enterprises, mainly including headhunting (talent agency), enterprise consulting and human resource management.
3。 The salary of graduates with a master's degree in psychology
Here is just an estimate, which may be high or low:
College counselors, 3000 yuan, excluding bonuses.
College counselors: 2500, excluding lecture fees, bonuses, extra income, etc.
Talent agency, not necessarily, generally speaking, the longer the age, the easier it is. After five years, the average annual salary is about 200,000.
Business management consulting, private enterprises are about 3000-5000 employees. If you give a lecture in an enterprise, the lecture fee is generally 1 1,000-3,000 a day, and the maximum is 20,000 a day, but it is very difficult.
In human resource management, the starting salary of private enterprises is 3000, and that of foreign-funded enterprises is about 8000.
The income of civil servants in Shanghai is about 3000-5000, and the extra income is counted separately.
According to statistics, the average annual salary of college teachers is around 70,000.
The income of advertising companies and market research companies is around 5000.
At present, I know that the minimum salary for a master of psychology is 2500 yuan. Bonuses are not included.
4。 The value of psychology
The above gives you some basic information, which should be regarded as the application value of psychology. I think the value of psychology can be divided into two categories: practical value and aesthetic value. Many people pay more attention to the use value and ignore the pursuit of aesthetic value in psychology. The world is complicated. Psychology can't tell us what the world is, but it can describe it well.
5。 What is psychological counseling?
Many people have a kind heart and want to help others through psychological study, but unfortunately, only a handful of people can engage in psychological counseling. For people who are interdisciplinary, it is inappropriate and unqualified to engage in psychological counseling. If you look at a person's potential, I think it's best to look at the university he went to, because college education is the most important thing in a person's life, and so is psychology. Non-psychology majors go directly to graduate school without undergraduate education in psychology department. In my personal experience, some interdisciplinary students, even after three years of master's degree, can't understand psychology as well as undergraduates in the psychology department of East China Normal University. That is the reality.
If psychological counseling is difficult, generally speaking, undergraduates majoring in psychology rarely engage in psychological counseling. On the contrary, those students who are interdisciplinary are willing to choose this major, and ignorant people have nothing to hide.