I wonder if a psych grad program would be complete without lots and lots of class discussion? We may never know. In ours, we are always sure to discuss the bejesus out of everything. Two terms into this program, I have noticed that there are some words that always always get said by someone. And most of the time, it sounds like that person is just forming a sentence around the word, relevant or not, so they can get it in before, god forbid we move on to something else.
Some of these words are:
Dichotomy, as in "There is a dichotomy between your vocabulary and your actual intelligence. I can tell, because the only advanced word you ever use is dichotomy."
Psychosocial, as in "Abbie is going to need a psychosocial intervention soon because you are all driving her totally crazy with your irrelevant drivel."
Caveat, as in "A caveat to joining the IDP program: you will forget what men look like and having one even accidentally enter the room during class will become the pinnacle of excitement."
Vocab that is used less often, but makes the sayer sound like an asshole every time:
SES, as in Socio-economic-status, usually said with the word "lower". Saying poor people have a "low SES" makes you sound even more like a pretentious bastard, FYI.
"My dad says", We are in grad school, not fifth grade. If you can't defend your opinion without citing your father, then maybe you should just shut the fuck up. The worst part is that more than one person in my program does this. All the time. And, of course, we all know that MY dad is smarter and tougher and stronger and bad assier than all their dads combined.
"From the Zionist perspective..." , self explanatory.
I could go on and on, but I should probably stop here before I work myself into a fit. Also, I've been at work for 2 hours and have accomplished nothing besides this blog and some gmail chatting so....
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