Introduction

My name is Santos Botello and I am a freshman at Austin College. I am majoring in Psychology and on the Pre-Med track to become a doctor. I chose to take this course to see if I have enough interest to pursue a career in it. I don’t have any background in Psychology. When I hear the word “psychology, I think of why people think they way they think. Attachment theory, Memory Retrieval and Theories of Intelligence are the three topics that seem most interesting to me. Attachment theory interests me because it sounds like it will give reason as to why people have a need to feel a sense of belonging. Memory Retrieval might unlock some memories that I didn’t even know I had which seems cool. Theories of Intelligence sounds interesting because it might tell me why people are smart in certain topics but not others. Scientific methods, research methods and experimental design seem to interest me the least because they sound like everything I’ve learned since elementary school. The question I’d like to have answered by the end of the semester is: What are the fortelling signs that someone is a psychopath?