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Southern Utah University Psychology: My Deep Dive
Alright folks, buckle up! I’m gonna walk you through this psych thing I did at Southern Utah University. It wasn’t some textbook snooze-fest, lemme tell ya.
So, it all started when I was just lookin’ for somethin’ to do, ya know? Bored outta my skull. I stumbled onto this psychology course at SUU. Figured, “Hey, why not?” Turns out, “why not?” was a pretty good question to ask myself later, haha.
First thing I did was register, obviously. That was a pain. The website was clunky, kept askin’ me for stuff I didn’t even know. But I got through it, finally. Registered and ready to rock.
- Week 1: Intro to Psych. Yawn. Freud, Skinner, all that jazz. Readin’s were thick as phone books.
- Week 2: Research Methods. Okay, this got interesting. Learnin’ how to actually do psychology. Like, designin’ studies, collectin’ data. Not just readin’ about it.
Then came the fun part. We had to design our own study. I was like, “Oh crap.” What am I gonna study? Do squirrels have feelings? Does the color of my socks affect my mood? Seriously, I was lost.
Eventually, I decided to look at the effects of social media on self-esteem in college students. Pretty basic, right? But hey, it was somethin’.
I started by hittin’ the library – the actual library, with books and stuff. Who knew those still existed? Did some research, read a bunch of articles about social media and self-esteem. Some of it was kinda depressing, honestly.
Next, I created a survey. Used Google Forms. Easy peasy. Had to get it approved by the professor first, though. She gave me a bunch of feedback, told me to reword some questions. “Too leading,” she said. Whatever that means. I fixed it.
Then came the hard part: findin’ participants. I posted the survey link on Facebook, Instagram, even sent it to my grandma (who doesn’t even use social media, bless her heart). Got a decent number of responses, though. Enough to work with, anyway.
Alright, data analysis time! This was where my brain started to melt. I used SPSS. Never heard of it before. It looked like somethin’ outta the Matrix. But I figured it out, eventually. Watched a bunch of YouTube tutorials, asked the professor for help (she was actually pretty cool), and ran some stats.
Turns out, there was a correlation between social media use and self-esteem. People who spent more time on social media tended to have lower self-esteem. Shocker, right?
Finally, I wrote up my findings in a research paper. Followed the APA format (which is basically a form of torture). Cited all my sources, proofread it a million times, and turned it in.
And that was it! Southern Utah University psychology, done. Did I become a psychologist? Nope. Did I learn somethin’? Absolutely. And did I appreciate not being bored? You betcha.
Would I do it again? Maybe. But next time, I’m studyin’ somethin’ easier. Like, I dunno, underwater basket weaving.
