Psychology
Study design first. Effect size second.
the shape of this subject
Psych rewards careful reasoning about causality and measurement. Brainback keeps you critiquing the study before you cite the conclusion.
Because psychology rewards the students who do the reps — and punishes the ones who outsource them.
- discipline
- Social
- typical weekly load
- readings + one memo per week · 3-5 hours
- covered on plan
- all plans (free forever)
Every psychology concept Brainback covers.
Add Psychology as a Learn subject and every problem in these areas routes to the Socratic tutor — attempt-first, hint-laddered, output-guarded.
What one turn in psychology actually looks like.
Attempt → correction → guiding question. No answer. Ever. Verbatim from a beta session.
The correlation between X and Y is 0.3; possible confound is Z because…
Is this correlational or experimental? What confounds are plausible?
no answer · one guiding question · your next move
How real attempts start. How Brainback nudges.
- The correlation between X and Y is 0.3; possible confound is Z because…
- Is this correlational or experimental? What confounds are plausible?
the anti-pattern
What psychology looks like when the AI does the thinking.
Answer machines make psychology look like a solved problem. It isn't. The exam room reveals whose reasoning was built and whose was rented.
- M1Reasoning from a single case to a general rule.
- M2Confusing correlation with cause.
- M3Ignoring base rates.
- M4Reading a result without checking the study design.
the recall card
What a spaced-repetition card looks like in psychology.
Every wrong attempt and low-scored explain-back becomes a card. SM-2 schedules them — the tricky ones come back tomorrow, the solid ones drift out to next week, then next month.
Recall the core concept in your own words. Then apply it to a fresh example under 2 minutes.
Related subjects.
The subject where the shortcut has always been most expensive.
The subject where wrong feels right — until Brainback slows you down.
Proofs and combinatorics for people who like clean edges.
Draw the free-body diagram. Actually draw it.
Balance the equation. In the right order.
Systems, not slogans.
psychology — ready when you are
Start your first psychology session.
Attempt-first. Never the answer. Add it as a Learn subject in 30 seconds.