I studied Psychology at university which I still consider to be a useful and very varied subject. However, media reports of psychological studies have always bugged me because they always seem to pick the ‘common sense’ results studies. This reinforces the popular belief that studying psychology is a waste of time because it is all ‘obvious’. Although this video parody report from the Onion is not psychology related, it made me laugh because it is a good example of this ‘obvious research’ reported in the media.
Obvious Research Studies
August 6, 2007 at 4:26 pm (cultural comment, superficial)
I studied Psychology at university which I still consider to be a useful and very varied subject. However, media reports of psychological studies have always bugged me because they always seem to pick the ‘common sense’ results studies. This reinforces the popular belief that studying psychology is a waste of time because it is all ‘obvious’. Although this video parody report from the Onion is not psychology related, it made me laugh because it is a good example of this ‘obvious research’ reported in the media.
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