#psych grad

[confusedsoulrambles]

I remember being fascinated by the solar system & the night sky since I was a child. Reading about Kalpana Chawla in class 6 was life changing. Wanted to study aeronautical engineering. Realizing I don't have the aptitude for it was a bummer 😭😭😭😭

#numbers give me nausea #math does not math in my head #and then i was hit on the face with stat in my psych hons #betrayed ™ #chaotic academia #psychblr #psychology student #confusedsoulrambles #psych grad

[bobastudy]

#I have been looking into getting an ipad for note purposes as I approach grad skewl #but idk. thoughts #bobastudy #studyblr #academia #dark academia #study with me #light academia #psych major #english major #tumblr polls #poll #notes #note taking #ipad notes #cozy #study spaces #aesthetic

[jake-g-lockley]

I did it 👩🏾‍🎓❤️

#was literally shaking but bless the fact that i didnt fall with my heels 😭 #PSYCH GRAD NOW!! #graduation

[gryffindorpsychologyandcoffee]

So sorry I’ve been MIA this summer. It’s been a stressful few months but I’m back doing my final for my cultural diversity class. This is my last assignment and then I get a 2 week break before fall classes start!

#psychology #studyblr #studygram #studyinspo #masters student #productivity #study motivation #study with me #stay productive #study aesthetic #final exams #study psychology #study desk #study space #grad school #masters degree #iPad #canvas #psych student

[iknowwhereyousleepatnight]

realized my math was wrong for how many credits i need and i need 2 more credits in any elective so i've just been looking through for the funniest classes to take. rn i've found an online walking class. where you walk. but it's an online class. it's worth 2 credits i might do it

#also found that u can take a self defense class for a single credit #there's also a weed science class and honestly i don't know if they're talking abt drugs or like plants but that's funny #there's also a baking class that only meets once a week for like 6 hours into the night ? #wild stuff but they don't have my beloved beekeeping class that i wouldn't've been able to take anyway but it makes me sad #after a lot of thought i've decided to take a poetry class #i like poetry it's fun i think i'll like it #more work for me though i'm taking a lot of classes in the fall and like 3 in the summer but it'll be cool i think and a lot of them #are half a semester classes so it'll be fineee it'll be okay i'll be great and then i'll graduate and then i'll figure smth else out ig #it has been pointed out to me that i don't *have to* go straight into grad school but also i don't think there are any good jobs to get w #just a psych bachelors. i've been considering an online grad school bc i'm like so tired and i don't want to live in dorms and i don't care #for the psych graduate degrees my current school offers :/ #ugh whatever it's annoying to think abt anyway today i slept like 10 hours and i just got up a few hours ago but i'm still tired i kinda #want to take a nap but i have school boooo i should be allowed to sleep 16 hours every day but apparently that's not possible without #sacrifices that will ruin my future or whatever idk i think just for me they should make days like 36 hours so i can sleep and get #stuff done i think i deserve that

[sophielovesbooks]

After being on annual leave for a week, then on sick leave all of last week, today it was finally time to get my head back in the game. Happy to report that I reached today's goal by reading and summarising four articles. ✨️

#phd student #phd life #phdblr #gradblr #grad blogging #studyblr #studyspo #academia #psychology #dev psych

[study-coffee-chicago]

hey hope ur doing well!! I just stumbled onto ur blog and I’m curious about how u got into grad school and ur journey.

I just graduated from college and am in a period where I’m just kind of floundering and unsure of what to do with my bachelors in psych. I would really appreciate any advice regarding the grad school application process!!

Hi! I was in your position just last year, so I completely understand!

My grad school app process was kind of a mess tbh.

Firstly, there are two different degrees for psych: PhD in psychology (doctor of philosophy in psychology) and PsyD (doctor of psychology). Both are highly respected, but a PhD is more research, fully funded, and way harder to get into. A PsyD is more clinical based, less funded, (so you’ll have to pay for it yourself and most likely will need to take out student loans), and easier to get into. For reference, a PhD program has about a 5% acceptance rate vs a PsyD program has about a 40% acceptance rate.

During your time in grad school, you will get to try out all the different specialties to know which one you prefer, but you need the base of a doctorate to do most things (ex. I want to be a neuropsychologist, which requires a doctorate and then a two year fellowship specifically in neuropsych).

My biggest advice would be to apply to both PhD and PsyD programs. I applied to only PhD programs first and didn’t get into a single one, so I had to frantically apply to PsyD programs which still had open deadlines in January and this was arguably one of the most stressful times in my life. So, learn from my mistakes and apply to both PhD and PsyD programs.

Feel free to message me if you need anymore information! I’m very happy to help!

#studyblr #study #college #asks #university #uni #psych #psychology #grad school #grad school applications

[deklo]

heartbroken !

#real fucked up that i actually like my job and i don’t even get to stay forever and ever 😔 #i’ll probably find out officially if we’re closing the day of my eighth anniversary working here lmao #also might. either try and do art full time (unlikely) or go back to school #i don’t think i could handle working in a different brewery hhhh #and if i go to school idk if i’ll go for art or if i’ll go to grad school for psych 😢 #i hate decisions i hate change i’m already overwhelmed

[pettyprocrastination]

do you guys think that working at arkham asylum pays well.

#tj talks #some post grad psych major like 'fuck me i guess money is money' #but i also feel like a job with such type of patients would invite those looking to write memioirs and such to work there for their own gai #if that makes sense #idk i rewatched the dark night and..cillian murphey as johnathan crane HELLLOOOOO SAILOR

[dearreader]

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#i can’t sleep and i don’t think i’ll try again at grad school #i just fucning deleted my whole rant #but i’ll try next year but after that i won’t bother #there’s not good enough reason for me to keep wasting money trying every year and failing #it’s pointless and i’m just wasting money #like if i don’t get in next year that’s it #that’s the clear sign from the universe i suck and it’s not meant to be and i need to move on #like i read an article that said ‘unless your writing is incredibly poor who you’ll end up somewhere #and i am only applying to few schools which is limiting my options #but it’s a prettt goood indicator that im not good at this and im not meant to do it #i need to stop wasting time and money #every letter i get that’s like ‘we turn down good writers constantly’ is just a lie they’re saying #i have not now not will i ever be good enough to get in #i have to accept that #anyway going to email my psych that the trazidone did nothing and actually made my sleep worse #kelly babels #kelly goes to school

[buglover3000]

“what have u done with ur college degree” nothing but I did cut tiny hearts for a bullet journal spread and I learned how to make brown sugar syrup the other day so that’s a plus

#average day for a bachelors of art psychology no graduate school degree holder #jk im sure my fellow psych grads have their life much better put together im just depressed #delete later #severely in debt but brown sugar shaken espresso!

[fandom-blackhole]

#that moment when youve realized youve fucked up #ive forgotten until now about this big expensive fucking standardized sltest i need to take for most grad school psych apps #and now online its showing my last chance to take it is Monday.... #thats the last date they have..... #i have to apply to schools next semester and im panicingggggg #that narrows down which schools/programs i can apply for #i cant evwn apply to the school i currently attend without the GRE #im fucking screwed #and i have to tell this all to my advisor tomorrow #i honestly should have known this shit would happen to me #if anyone needs me im going to be spiraling for who knows how long #and convincing myself that my need to be the first in my fam to graduate college and get a career has failed me

[gryffindorpsychologyandcoffee]

Had a busy few weeks but the end of the semester is near! Working on a self-reflection and a case study today, as well as the readings for the week.

#psychology #studyblr #studygram #studyinspo #masters student #productivity #study motivation #study with me #stay productive #study aesthetic #study desk #study psychology #psych student #psychopathology #psychotherapy #clinical counseling #grad studyblr #grad studies #gradblr #coffee #celcius #Stanley #gryffindorpsychologyandcoffee

[endreal]

King of the Fairies, covered by Horslips

#King of the Fairies #Horslips #Endreal vs. music #This song is so important to me because it was influential on my young psyche even YEARS before I first heard it #Hell I'm about 74% certain the first cover of this piece I heard and comprehended as such #Was the Amadeus version and that didn't release until 2003 #But this was Piper's song #And I loved Piper so so much #In spite of his untreated depression in spite of his directionlessness #in spite of the fact his world would get worse before it got better again #And don't even bother that Piper was on his like 4th failed grad school program and I was a literal child #I was convinced he was amazing and special and I loved him and looked up to him so much

[honeyoats]

omg i forgot to say. yesterday. saw a raccoon on campus. i love raccoons like i love them SOOOOOO much i saw raccoons on campus like. two years ago. my first semester. i was walking back and i saw a few of them here’s a picture

AND THEN. i was driving back. onto campus. and i come around a curve. AND I SAW ONE!!!! i think it had come out of. you know the little drainage holes in curbs? yeah. well actually it did come out of there bc i didn’t see it in time so by the time i could slow down to look i had spooked it ☹️ so it was already going back in 😞 BUT STILL i was SOOOO happy because i haven’t seen any raccoons since that first time!!!!! just was nice

#a good omen maybe hopefully #bc my first semester of school (when i saw them) was SOOOOOO excellent #like i was taking a stats class and it’s required for psych majors but it’s so hard and ppl always have to re-take it #but my prof was soooo good i got an A in that class ^_^ #was just an excellent semester #my semesters since haven’t been that good. well. maybe this one #so. maybe a good summer. first semester of grad school. god i hope so

[twistedisciple]

Reward vs Punishment

// I came across Griss' unused victory lines recently and they had me thinking about just how extrinsically motivated he is. Specifically "How was that?" and "Where's my reward?"

First of all, as an aside, for someone who loves pairs of things, the way the Four Hounds are broken into pairs is fun to think about. You have visual pairs: Zephia and Griss (revealing clothing, horns/spikes, etc.), and Mauvier and Marni (head to toe armor). But you also have thematic pairs: Zephia and Mauvier (intrinsically motivated by a sense of duty to someone), and Griss and Marni (extrinsically motivated by punishment and praise, respectively). With respect to the last pair, this makes Griss the most hound-like of the Four Hounds, winning over Marni only because he has 11 years on her, and that's a long time to let extrinsic reward rot away one's internal sense of right and wrong. Griss would give all those pigeons, rats, and dogs in conditioning experiments a run for their money.

REWARD

When we talk about conditioning, we use the words "reward" and "punishment." Griss uses the words "punishment" and "pain" interchangeably in canon, but what he means is pain as a reward. This is what motivates and reinforces his behavior and, paired with his low (or lack of) morality and personal opinion, makes him extremely trainable. Promise him pain and he'll turn tricks until he hits the one that rewards him. Marni is similar with praise, and we even see her going out of her way to find the right thing that will earn her that praise (e.g. volunteering for missions). Animals that are just beginning to learn a trick tend to do this, too, and that's what trainers take advantage of to scaffold the behavior that they ultimately want to reward. Griss was likely the same when he was younger, and now in TOA, without Zephia and Sombron's expectations, he's back at that stage again.

While pain is at the top of the list, I do think there are other things that can serve as adequate reward for Griss. He's conscious of the physical ones: gold, food, alcohol, smokes. But acceptance/acknowledgment is one that he responds to on an unconscious level ("How was that?"). For the most part, this makes him a pretty good mercenary. Give him some money and a bed and he'll do whatever you want. Mostly. But he's never going to do more than what's asked unless he's getting something out of it, and he'll almost always take the shortcuts because the faster a job gets done, the faster he gets his reward. Knightly types like Mauvier would find this sort of slapdash approach unacceptable, but Griss is all about working smarter, not harder. Maximize that reward-to-effort ratio. It's amusing that one of his victory lines is "Where's my reward?" since it sounds like the moment a body hits the ground, he's immediately holding his hand out to whoever gave the order. Treat now? Treat Now? Treat Now?

However, this also means that the effort Griss is willing to expend for someone is directly related to how much he trusts that they'll reward him. He's not going to go out and do something hard for a brand new employer if he doesn't have proof that they'll pay him when he's done. Likewise, Nel and Rafal might fill a certain void made by Zephia and Sombron's absence here in TOA, but they'll still have to prove that they're worth being loyal to. Rafal has a leg up already, supposedly having Sombron's blessing, but he could still easily lose that trust.

PUNISHMENT

Given his disposition, Griss would be as equally sensitive to punishment as he is to reward. Pain just doesn't work, and there is very little indication in canon about what might serve as a punishment for him so this is almost entirely headcanon.

Withholding pain would be one way to punish him, but pain would first need to be established as the reward. If pain was not expected to begin with, then not hurting him isn't going to send any sort of message. There are too many situations without pain that Griss willingly participates in, so instead what I think he's most sensitive to is disownment and confinement. He doesn't want to be cut off by the people he respects, and threat of both exile from and abandonment by the fell church would have kept him in line. He understands the importance of his service to Sombron as well, and acts in accordance with Sombron's will to avoid being disowned as one of his "favorites." and yet, in the end, griss realized no amount of service would stop sombron from abandoning zephia, so what did that mean for him? Of course, this only works from those he's aligned with. To anyone else's disapproval, he just says "fuck 'em."

The second, confinement, would work well due to his love of sensation. If you lock him up in a tiny room somewhere for a few hours, where he can't hurt himself or talk to anyone, it's going to get the message across real fast. He can't stand being left alone with nothing to do. Responds well to time-outs if there's something fun going on elsewhere. Might throw a fit though.

Anyway, ultimately these new lines made me want to expand on Griss a bit more beyond his obsession with pain, and reason out how punishment DOES work on him. Every day, a new little gem dug out from the game's data.

#headcanons #// ironically cognitive-behavioral psych was my worst subject in grad school #// hated it actually so it's funny that here I am thinking about it again #// interactions with rafal these past couple of weeks conjured up this mental image of a dog barely patient enough to wait for a treat #// and it hasn't left me since