Throughout all colleges, every single major has it's stereotypes.
Engineering majors are fabulous at Jenga, Communication majors love social media, Education majors just want all the vacation time, and so on and so on. No matter what major you are in, you have to prepare yourself for the dumb comments, questions people will ask you.
However, for the psych majors out there, we become the butt of everyone's joke. Before choosing to be a psych major, don't think about the work involved (and yes, there's a lot @ThoseWhoThinkThereIsNot), but ask yourself if you are ready to be asked these questions on the daily.
And for those who are not psych majors, just stop.
1. "Oh! So what kind of counseling do you want to do?"
THERE. IS. MORE. TO. PSYCHOLOGY. THAN. COUNSELING.
Ever heard of detectives, expert eyewitnesses, FBI agents, market researchers???
2. "You're a psych major? So what's wrong with me?"
Just. Stop. I don't want to figure it out, nor do I have the training to tell you.
3. "You know you can't get a job in that field with just a bachelors."
We really are not clueless people and if you ask a psych major what they want to do, they will tell you their plans for schooling to get to their end goal.
4. "It's not a real science."
Since when is basing theories off of research not science? Ever heard of the Big Bang? Yeah. Thought so.
5. "So, what did your family do to you?"
Uh, ouch. The real question here is, what do all of our families do to us? But, I mean, if you want to talk about parenting styles and their effects on development, I'm down. Oh, you really don't? Move along then.
6. "Oh, let me tell you about my problems."
Not all of us want to be therapists, sweetie.
7. "What am I thinking right now?"
Yeah, we're not psychics, nor do we want to know.
8. "So like...are you analyzing me right now?"
As mentioned plenty of times already, analyzing is not all psychology is! Lastly, I wasn't until you asked me and now I'm questioning what you are so insecure about.
9. "That's such an easy major."
Yes, it's not a nursing major where I have to spend my four years studying for the MKAT, but there is a ton of work involved in my major - ever heard of ethics? research?
10. "You must be crazy then."
Obviously, I'm a psychopath just trying to figure out how to manipulate everyone in my life and figure out how to get away with murder. *sarcasm*
11. "You just weren't cut out for actual math and science, huh?"
Uhhh...tell that to all of the math and science requirements I have to take to graduate.
12. "Oh I should be careful for what I say and do around you."
First of all, you should be careful of what you say and do around anyone. Secondly, what?
13. "What kind of weird-sick experiments are you into?"
Yes, I have been asked this. First of all, they are case studies that just fell into our laps - ever heard of Phineas Gage (#myboy), yeah that was a freak accident. Secondly, have you ever heard of ethics??????
14. "Diagnose me."
Okay, not all of us have a PhD to do that, for starters. Secondly, I just spent a lot of money learning about diagnosing you, why would I give away free advice. Thirdly, have you really ever heard of ethics???
15. "Can you interpret this dream for me?"
Umm...which theory do you want me to use? 'Cause it can go many ways, my friend.