How to learn psychology?

Well, I studied psychology, and Beijing Normal University is graduating this year.

certificate words. It's hard to say. In general, a psychological counselor is a better choice for those who study psychology.

In fact, if you don't do this business, the certificate is meaningless - in fact, I don't know how useful those certificates are if you really want to do this - China's psychology is still in the early stage of development, the examination system itself is not complete, more realistic, I am afraid it is difficult to find a job with a psychology certificate alone! I never planned to get a certificate. (In fact, in psychology, the "bachelor's" and "doctoral" degrees are far more useful than those messy certificates.)

Of course, everyone has their own goals. Just like I studied psychology and mathematics to trade, and C++ to write technical analysis software on my own, so I hardly cared much about other professional exams except for graduation. It's good to go towards your goal.

For the introductory book, I recommend "Psychology and Life", People's Posts and Telecommunications Publishing House, Richard. Grieg and Philip. Zimbardo wrote it, which can be said to be the most classic of basic psychology textbooks.

It is now sold in many bookstores (if I remember correctly, it should be 88 yuan. Because this number has always been remembered! Hehe.

Many American and European universities, such as Stanford, use this book as a textbook. Informative, well-explained and of course, very well translated. (Not at all like some "expert" book — looking at dozing off, or having more complex sentences makes one wonder if he doesn't have a punctuation habit when he speaks.)

After reading this book, you may find the aspects that interest you the most, and then find some books to read according to your situation. Psychology is actually very broad, and if I didn't have another goal, maybe I would choose to study psychology for the rest of my life.

My major involves some psychology, so I can give you some experience.

We study psychology as a professional aid, so it's good to just ask for the scratch of the surface.

We were exposed to general psychology, social psychology, criminal psychology, etc. General Psychology is an introductory course in psychology that focuses on the study of human tissues such as the brain. After reading it, you will naturally know what to learn next.

However, as a word of advice, general psychology is an introductory course, so it is not easy to master it firmly and steadily. There are many things that we don't understand in our textbooks, and we need to be explained by teachers. And there are also a lot of things involved in memory, which are easy to forget.

As for the research, I think it's too early. Psychology in China is still immature, psychological counselors are not recognized and accepted by the masses as a profession, there are no specialized institutions for personal psychological counseling, and at most there are several outpatient clinics in some large hospitals. What I mean by this is that there is no certificate to be examined, and it is difficult for an amateur to pass it.

Can you read "General Psychology" first, the certificate, I think it is more useful to take the psychological counselor exam.

1. Choose a book that interests you to read. Professional psychology books can be boring for beginners, and sometimes they can read the text but can't understand the content, such as bipolar disorder and hysteria. If you are not particularly interested in these contents, it is easy to give up on learning.

Therefore, we choose the psychology books we are interested in to read, and after slowly getting in touch with more and more psychological concepts and knowledge, it is not difficult to read more professional books.

2. Write a growth diary based on the knowledge learned. When you see a certain psychological point of view and feel very touched, your brain will definitely have some associations and recalls. For example, people who are not good at rejection will have a special feeling when they see the phrase "rejection is also a sign of respect for others".

A person who is more jealous than the debate hall may reflect on his jealousy when he sees the sentence "being jealous of others is admitting that he is not as good as others, and it is a self-deprecating behavior". These self-awareness and reflections generated in the process of learning psychology should be recorded in a timely manner with pen and paper. You will find that you want to describe more and more things, and your brain will become clearer and clearer, which is the process of self-growth and the process of mastering psychological knowledge.

3. Apply the psychological knowledge learned in a timely manner. If you only learn but don't apply what you have learned, you will become a "dead reader". In order to manage the marital relationship well, some couples have read some books on marriage psychology and feel that they understand a lot of things in marriage, but it is difficult to make a breakthrough in the relationship.

Similarly, in order to educate their children well, some parents read some books on parent-child relationship and educational psychology, and know some of their children's psychological activities and psychological needs, but it is difficult to change their educational behavior. In fact, through reading books and other learning methods, we have learned some psychological knowledge, and this is a good start. But that's not enough, we have to learn to use it.

For example, if you have a quarrel with another partner, and then you will analyze why you are not controlling your emotions at that time and what you can do to help you control your emotions through self-awareness, which is also a process of using psychology.

Through studying psychology, I learned that I am divided into three 1At all levels, the first ego is to follow the principle of happiness, and the superego is to follow a moral principle of the ego, between the id and the superego, well, it is a principle of reality. It made me understand myself better, and gradually I had the ability to be aware of stupid acts and self-knowledge.

2.A study of psychological counseling made me understand that there is a reason behind everyone's emotions, and that there is a reason behind everyone's emotions, and that there will be emotions only if they fail to meet their desires. Emotions are controllable.

3.When a problem arises, we must see its good side and its bad side, and everything will have different results under different conditions, in different environments, and in different people and things, and we should look at the problem from many aspects.

4.Considering and solving problems from the other person's perspective will have unexpected gains.

5.Looking at things from a "changing" point of view, the answer is that nothing is set in stone and over time. There is always a new band brightening.