Okay, so I’ve been meaning to brush up on my psychology basics, and I figured a good way to do it would be to match subfields with their descriptions. It’s kinda like those matching games we played as kids, but, you know, with more complicated words.
Getting Started
First, I grabbed a piece of paper and jotted down a bunch of psychology subfields on one side. Stuff like “Clinical Psychology,” “Developmental Psychology,” “Cognitive Psychology” – you get the idea. I think I got most of the major ones, but honestly, there are so many it’s hard to keep track!
The Description Hunt
Then, on the other side of the paper, I started writing out descriptions. This was the tricky part. I didn’t want to just copy and paste from a textbook, because where’s the fun in that? Plus, I wanted to see if I could explain these things in my own words. It’s a good way to test if you really understand something, right?
I used plain language, For Example. “This is the one that deals with mental illness.” or “this is the one that studies about how your brain makes decisions.”
The Matching Game
Once I had my lists, I started drawing lines connecting the subfields to their descriptions. Some were super obvious. Like, “Developmental Psychology” clearly goes with “the study of how people change throughout their lives.” Duh.
But others were a bit more challenging. I had to really think about what each subfield focused on. I remember getting stuck on “Social Psychology” for a bit. I mean, it’s about people, but so are a lot of other areas, right? Eventually, I figured out that it was the one about how people interact with each other and how groups influence behavior.
Double-Checking and Refining
After I made all my matches, I went back and double-checked everything. I even did a quick online search just to make sure I wasn’t totally off base. Turns out, I got most of them right! I did have to tweak a couple of descriptions to make them more accurate, though.
The Finished Product
In the end, I had a pretty solid matching sheet. It’s not exactly something I’d frame and hang on the wall, but it definitely helped me refresh my memory. And, more importantly, it made me realize how much I actually do remember from my old psych classes. Which, honestly, is kind of a relief.
