misconseptions

Today, I learned about a couple of misconseptions about Psychology. For instance, one of the miscomceptions would be the sci-fi of crime dramas. They really dont help solve crimes as much as they make them out to be. Another misconception would be that it isnt real science. Sure, there are limitations but it goes on the same guidelines. Also people like to think that the practice is thhe doctor listening to someone on the couch ramble on about their problems while the doctor scribbles his symptoms. This is only one of their methods and it is horridly over exposed on television. People may think that it is just common sense but as I said before there is science involved. This leads to the next issue which is that people only need a bachelors to practice psychology. The reality is that in most states you need a doctorate which on average takes seven years.

http://psychology.about.com/od/psychology101/a/myths-about-psychology.htm
http://listverse.com/2013/03/06/10-common-misconceptions-about-psychology/
http://listverse.com/2013/04/19/10-more-common-misconceptions-about-psychology/