how did you first start learning Psychology

Question: how did you first start learning Psychology
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  psychology
Asked by anon-215360 to Laura, Kathryn, Ian, Chris, Bogdana, Alex on 11 Jun 2019.
- Ian Cookson answered on 11 Jun 2019:
  
  I started my degree through the Open University. Until then I didn’t know anything about psychology!
- Laura Fisk answered on 11 Jun 2019:
  
  I first started by reading books and seeing stuff on telly, as well as hearing about the kinds of things my mum (the mental health nurse) did at work. I didn’t study psychology formally until university – I did a few modules in psychology and then a whole course and then started working in NHS psychology services. I think mostly, though, I learned psychology by being around people and being curious and spotting patterns in people’s behaviour
- Kathryn Atherton answered on 11 Jun 2019:
  
  I think I first got interested in it when my mum studied for an A level in Psychology when she was in her forties. I then found a way to work it into my English Literature A level coursework. Later, I studied it at university and have been doing research in psychology ever since.
- Alex Lloyd answered on 12 Jun 2019:
  
  I started reading books about psychology when I was a teenager and got more and more interested by it! It wasn’t until I got to university that I properly started learning psychology, but I was lucky to have some great lecturers there!
- Bogdana Huma answered on 13 Jun 2019:
  
  I discovered psychology through reading pop psychology books but also novels.
  When I started uni, I remember one of the professors saying that Dostoevsky’s ‘Crime and Punishment’ was one of the most insightful novels he’s read when it comes to the human psyche and I totally concurred. I would add to that Thackeray’s ‘Vanity Fair’ and Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina (I’m partial to Russian authors).
- Chris Fullwood answered on 13 Jun 2019:
  
  My first contact with Psychology was when I was 16 during my A-levels. I was instantly hooked

Question: how did you first start learning Psychology

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