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Find out what a typical day looks like for Megat Danish Isharuddin, a student studying psychology at BCU.听
鈥�Before starting the course, familiarise yourself with key concepts like cognitive and developmental psychology to ease your transition and build a consistent study routine and focus on analysing research, interpreting results and essay writing as you鈥檙e graded on mainly clear evidence-based assignments鈥�听
Getting ready鈥�听
Fortunately for me, my university is just a ten-minute walk away, this is very convenient for those early morning lectures. 滨鈥檓 usually up by 8.15 so I have time to look presentable, sort out my matcha, and grab something to eat. 滨迟鈥檚 a Monday, which means I have lectures for my Qualitative Research and Neuropsychology module and a seminar.鈥�听
After 滨鈥檝别 sorted out my bag, I grab my keys and head out the door to begin my journey to university.鈥�听
Lectures听
Today鈥檚 neuropsychology lecture was about Perceptual Decision Making. It was interesting how different brain imaging techniques are used to study and observe how decisions are made. I was particularly impressed on how our prior beliefs bias perceptual decisions.鈥�听
I decided to catch up on a bit of reading in the library as I had an hour before my next lecture. I chose to read up on the recommended post-lecture reading from my Cultural Psychology lecture last week.鈥�听
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Afternoon seminar鈥�听
滨迟鈥檚 just midday and at this point 滨鈥檓 already a bit tired- so obviously I need a coffee become functional again. With my two morning lectures done and out the way, I head to my final session of the day.鈥�听
This was a seminar for my Qualitative Research module, 颈迟鈥檚 a two-hour session with lots of thinking and discussion. In these seminars we practice and learn how to use SPSS, which is a statistical software 迟丑补迟鈥檚 vital and constantly referred to in our course. As much as I (and many others) despise statistics and implementing it, 颈迟鈥檚 unavoidable.听
Unwinding
I usually reach home in the evening at 5-6pm, because although my sessions end way before that- I still like to take a short walk to pop into the city centre after my last session to听window shop or treat myself to a boba.鈥�听
I think 颈迟鈥檚 super important to practice mindfulness and wellbeing occasionally as a way to de-stress and keep yourself grounded during these hectic times. Every evening, I practice interventions like journaling, as 滨鈥檝别 found this to be an effective way to de-clutter my mind when I visually write and recap events from the day.鈥���听
I end the day with a burrito bowl to my side, Modern Family playing on the projector, and my laptop on my lap as I work toward my upcoming deadline for my Cultural Psychology essay of 鈥淧erceptions and Experiences of 鈥楽inglehood鈥� across cultures鈥�.鈥�听