Psychology 101- Introduction to Psychology

During my second semester of my freshman year of college I took my first psychology class, I absolutely loved it. Prior to taking psychology, I had always strayed away from science classes. Every science based class I had ever taken I didn’t enjoy or just wasn’t very interested in, that was not the case for psychology 101.

I think I enjoyed this class so much is because it was different than any other science class I had ever taken. Unlike a science class like chemistry, there wasn’t any overly complicated math equations, it was just about how and why people think and act how they do. I loved that. In this class we discussed many different topics like sleep, learning, the developmental life span and of course psychological disorders and treatments. Each chapter I was genuinely fascinated with and enjoyed reading, even though the chapters were pretty long. I also really liked my professor for this class. Some of the topics in psychology can be hard to understand but my professor always broke them down more during lectures so everyone understood them.

Other than gaining the knowledge of the topics I learned in this class, I also learned other things. I learned to be more open minded when it comes to the classes that I take and to maybe not be afraid of science classes anymore. I also learned the power in reading all of the material and taking accurate notes. There were weekly quizzes in this class and by reading the chapter fully and taking notes as I read, it made taking the quizzes a lot easier.

This class taught me that if you work hard and read the material, you will learn more and thank yourself later. Some of the topics in psychology were little confusing or complex but by reading it for myself then going to class and listening to the lectures, I really grasped a lot of the material. Lastly, I learned that I shouldn’t judge science classes so harshly and that I might actually enjoy them. 

This is a research paper I did for this class. I studied and wrote about sleep deprivation among different groups and/or types of people.