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r/AcademicPsychology is a subreddit with 162k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is huge in size.
A place to share and discuss articles/issues related to all fields of psychology. Discussions should be of an academic nature, avoiding ‘pop psychology.’ This is also a place to talk about your own psychology research, methods, and career in order to gain input from our vast psychology community.
This subreddit is generally aimed at those in an intermediate to master level, mostly in/around graduate school, or for professionals; undergraduates, etc., are recommended for r/psychologystudents.
Popular Themes in r/AcademicPsychology
#1
Advice Requests
: "How might IQ data positively influence or benefit society? Large scale, as well as small individual scale."
52 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Rant: I hate it when people and society in general do not take psychology as a serious science"
1 post
#3
Opportunities
: "How advantageous/opportune is a research assistant position at a prestigious university?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/AcademicPsychology
#1
Psychology
: "Where to donate a large (4,000+ copies) collection of Psychology academic journals dating from 1965-2025?"
76 posts
#2
Research
: "What's a mediocre Research paper you have read recently?"
28 posts
#3
Career
: "therapists/ psychiatrists of reddit, what's something you wish you'd done earlier in your Career? Whats something in your Career you regret doing?"
15 posts
#4
Academic
: "Where to donate a large (4,000+ copies) collection of psychology Academic journals dating from 1965-2025?"
10 posts
#5
Phd
: "39 yr old debating a Phd route to clinical psychology"
8 posts
#6
Advice
: "Advice/Guidance on pursuing a Psychology Career"
8 posts
#7
Education
: "Seeking Guidance on Psychology Licensure & Further Education in the U.S."
8 posts
#8
Study
: "Searching for the name & year of the Study conducted on babies morality and their ability to distinguish between nice and mean"
7 posts
#9
Mental Health
: "Evaluating Therabot - Generative AI Chatbot for Mental Health Treatment"
7 posts
#10
Eppp
5 posts
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