There was a lot of students, more than 200 and mostly girls. They are all western, privileged straight A students just out of highschool. Most of them chose psychology because it is the most intriguing subject that is still sensible and useful to society.
How many of us will make it? Only time can tell. The first ones to fall will be those who just realized that psychology is not at all what they thought it was. Soon those who can't read english will disappear. (The books and tests are in english) Then the undisciplined and lazy ones will be gone and last to fall will be the scared and the doubtful. I can already see it in their eyes, I'm one of them. Somehow I always pull through. What I lack in confidence I make up for in the ability to push myself.
We have to pass 6 out of nine multiple choice test to be allowed to take the exam. On the exam we have to answer 6 out of seven questions in 6 hours. Two of them will be about the history of psychology.
The curriculum consist of one giant brick of a book with 900 pages. We have to read it all and remember everything. Then there is one history book, it is not so big and not as important. There is also a number of articles. I assume that I will have to spend at least 3 hours a day with my psychology studies to get a good grade. I can do this!
The main book Thankfully it has a lot of good illustrations and pictures in it and it is very organised and well written.
The history book is in Norwegian, which makes it a bit easier.
Before the lecture I took some time to make a healthy breakfast, Avocadoes and Tomatoes with olive oil, salt, pepper balsamic and some bread. It served me well today.
The road from the subway to the psychological institute is a beautiful walk through a field with a great view of the sunny sky. It made me feel optimistic and calm.
The institute is located by a psychiatrical hospital, on the outskirts of campus.
We have well known and highly competent psychology professors in the lectures. The one we we had today was this guy:
Rolf Reber from Germany. He is a professor in cognitive psychology and have also written some articles about emotions and aesthetics according to the university website. He was funny and interesting to listen to. He talked about the usefulness of psychology and the scientific methods. He also gave us a lot of practical information and talked about interesting psychological phenomenons like how astrology can trick us into reading our horoscope and many other exiting things.
My “notes”
