How do you differentiate a psychologist to a sociologist?
They're pretty much the same.
They are totes
not the same:
"-ology" = "the study of"
"socio-" = "society/people/groups"
"psycho-" = "the mind/brain"
So while
Sociology is (loosely) "the study of societies/peoples (esp. in groups)",
Psychology is (loosely) "the study of the mind/brain".
The closest you could get to a connection is that, in the loosest of senses, Sociology is like "group/applied Psychology"; essentially you're asking the same questions, but of groups of people rather than specific persons.
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You guys are asking loads of great questions... If Ash was a therapist. Or a social worker. But he's not; as a psychologist he is a 'scientist' of the brain/mind, specifically
...attention and memory, particularly how these concepts relate to how we cognise generally, interact in the world, and the role our body plays in motivating thought.
Ash said:
This thread seems to be the perfect example of the misconceptions associated with psychology.
Boy-howdy. :<
So on that note:
I have big problems with attention. As a child I was diagnosed with ADHD, and was prescribed Ritalin. (All pill-pushing/over-ADHD-diagnosing controversies aside), as I grew up I ended up going off the pills with little (no?) side effects, and have been pretty much a normal, functioning (hahaha) adult ever since... Except for in recent years (and maybe farther back, too). I'm pretty much free of the 'H'(yperactivity) bit, but I wonder sometimes if my ADD didn't just transition rather than go away.
I have serious problems focusing my attention on a given task until the last possible minute (and nowadays, sometimes not even that). Used to be I could get away with that in high school & still make good grades, but now with a family (2nd son born a few days ago), full-time work, and being in college (getting bacherlor's in an engineering field), I find myself slipping. A lot.
I find it all too easy to focus/memorize certain, exciting topics; modding ideas for Warcraft, story ideas for writing, color pie interactions for MtG, etc... But often when I force myself to focus on a given (not-so-exciting/interesting/enjoyable) task, I will literally fall asleep, if not barely able to stay focused. Mind wandering, easily distracted, easily self-tricked...
There are probably lots of questions to ask, but one might be: would it be wise to try and get back on the medications? I am loath to be dependent but if it's as simple as "you never really cured yourself, just get back on it", that would be amazing... Then again, is seeking the pill just a weak way out of solving my own (procrastination/motivation/attention/etc) problems?
(aaaaand whoops, a big therapy (even psychiatry) bent to *that* question. Oh wells)