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I work in a early social developmental lab and there are huge areas of research in developmental psychology currently, including autism as well as emerging childhood psychopathology and response to different types of treatment. It's definitely something I suggest going into, but more so if you are interested in research rather than practice.

@Dev. Psych Anon! :)

Thanks!

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9 months ago 1000splendidsunsyou asked; i answer
i was thinking about majoring in developmental psychology.. is anyone doing this? and is this like.. an okay thing to do or am i on the list of 10 top worse majors ever? ive never heard about it until recently but after looking into it, it sounds awesome and like everything im interested in, which makes me think theres no way i could have a successful career in this haha. opinions please!

Haha!  Developmental Psych is definitely okay and valid and stuff.  My mentor that I adored in undergrad was a Dev. Psych major, but he was mostly interested in research and academia.  You can apply it to practice, teaching, research… anything you’d want to do with a Psych degree, really. :) 

If you know you’re interested in studying or working with younger humans, developmental psych seems like the right path to be on!

Anybody out there currently in this specific field and want to offer some insight to soothe the worries of our Anon friend? 

Asked by Anonymous

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To the anon with the low GPA worries. If it was due to depression, and you can get a Dr. to back it up you can likely still file for a medical drop/appeal of the semesters in question. You should ask your school to figure out your options. In mine, it is through the Registrar's office and it erases the semesters from your transcript.

This too! But some schools will only alter the transcript if you actually withdrew/dropped classes. You can still explore that option though! :)

Asked by wingseeker

11 months ago 1 ♥ wingseekeryou asked; i answer
To the anon with the 2.7: I had a 2.6 after my first year at college. I floundered a bit due to personal issues over the next year and a half, but I finished strong with a 3.4, 3.8, and 3.6 in my last three semesters, and just got accepted to my first choice grad school program. As long as you can get back on the horse, finish strong, and do well on your tests (GREs or whatever), you should be fine. Good luck!

See! A real live example! I’m not just making stuff up! 

Thankya sir. :)

Asked by legallyblindobservations

11 months ago 3 ♥
I just finished my first year of undergrad, and have an uncharacteristically awful GPA (2.7) which was most likely due to a major depressive episode I experienced this year. I expect to do much better in the semesters to come, but will this year ruin my chances at getting into a decent graduate program? (I plan on going into art therapy.)

That’s rough, but it doesn’t have to sink you. For one, it’s only your first year! The adjustment period to college (and the developmental time it happens around) can bring a lot of unfortunate psychological issues with it, but you sound like you’re doing better now. And honestly, 2.7 really isn’t that bad, I promise, especially if you know you’re capable of performing much better when you’re feeling at your full strength.  Having a low GPA early on is much, much easier to change than some bad semesters later.  

And while the courses may get a little tougher, the longer you’re in college the more specific an interesting the courses tend to get (provided you like your major ;) ).  If you’re able to push that 2.7 back toward the 3.5 side, you’ll be okay. And using this calculator here, you can find out what your goal should be!  It seems to me that if you have roughly 24 - 30 credit hours right now, if you chase after A’s and  B’s for the rest of your semesters, you’ll be just fine.

GPA is just one of many foothold parameters that graduate programs have. Your foot will get in the door if you have a 4.0, but it doesn’t mean that you necessarily will be out of the running if you have less than a 3.5.  I got an interview at a great school and I had a 3.45 GPA overall, but my Major GPA (only Psych classes) was higher. So keep that in mind too! And there’s also GRE’s and publications and presentations that can bolster a lagging GPA in a committee’s eyes.  

Basically, don’t beat yourself up. You had a hard year, and you don’t need more negative feelings on your plate about it. Just look toward the future and do the best you can. And don’t be afraid to try some on-campus counseling in a pinch if you feel another episode coming on. :)

Good luck, Anon!

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Asked by Anonymous

11 months ago 4 ♥
That's a point there, but it of course shoves away the more social, and holistic aspects of Psychology that are absent in Neurology.

If neurology fails to pick up those aspects, then I don’t think we can say that it completely replaced psychology, you know? All I’m saying is that if neurology begins behaving exactly like psychology, then I don’t care what we call it. xD

Asked by Anonymous

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