subject: Academic Disciplines: Is Psychology Your Study? [print this page] Do you like cognitive tests? Have you ever tried to solve somebodys problems? Maybe, you tried to make your younger sibling to do housework via hypnosis? Do you want to devote yourself to psychology? Well, then you should be aware of some skills and talents which will be necessary to succeed in this academic discipline.
1.Of course, you can hardly find any discipline which does not require good memory. You will need to learn a lot of useful things, methods, techniques, etc. You will read a lot of literature. Thus, you should memorize everything which may be helpful for your career. So, you should start training your memory, if it is not that good.
2.You should be very attentive. You must notice every change in your clients mood or even face expression. You should see the slightest difference between tests. Fortunately, you can also train your attentiveness. You can even surf the net to find some useful techniques.
3.You should be also very patient and even-tempered. This very important since many clients are not so easy to talk to. If you are not patient enough you will fail to find the only path to your clients trust. You can be very emotional only if you will work in educational sphere.
4.You should also remember that you will not be able to express your emotions whenever you want. You will have to hide your emotions in order not to offend your clients and scare off their confessions.
5.Of course, you should be sociable and even friendly. Working with people is always quite a hard task, and it even needs devotion from your side. People who are talking with you should feel that you are their best friend and can help them.
