Posted by wishingstar on July 26, 2006, at 15:43:33
In reply to Something I can't stand, posted by Deneb on July 25, 2006, at 16:49:24
I have a BA in psychology also (now working on my MA) and I have to tell you, when I graduated with my BA, I wouldnt have ever even heard of borderline if it wasnt for having the diagnosis myself and a lot of personal reading. I had been taught a little about anti-social pd, but only in my abnormal class, and that class was an elective.
It's interesting to me what most schools do and dont teach their psychology students (undergraduate anyway). I could have cited a dozen studies about rats in mazes and language acquisition and whatever else, but real world, every day issues? Very little. Sometimes though I think people with a BA in psych (only some of course) think they know more than they do about the field. It's easy to feel confident with a degree in hand. I hope that doesnt sound uncivil because I'm not trying to put anyone down.. I was a psych major myself and probably fell into that trap numerous times as well. Oh well.
I'm sorry you had to deal with that. It sounds very frustrating.
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