Reddit mentions of Discovering Psychology: The Science of Mind

John Cacioppo & Laura Freberg have a cool, more integrated, intro psych textbook. Btw, you'll want to include cognitive and developmental lessons too. Cross-cultural might be worthwhile as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRYBb48KZrs

http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/061818550X

IMO, it's a judgement call and there is no clear right and wrong answer.

Let me put it this way, I have a few friends of various calibre and even they have told me that psychology is not what it seems to be. (Specifically, they complain that uni psychology is more about the boring research methods rather than the interesting theories borne from it. Other times, they complain that all the memorising is largely pointless in real psychology research). This is roughly what I meant be the "disillusionment"... What makes you think you won't fall into the same trap?

> had enough crap from sec school already, i don't want another 2 years for JC.

While you were not the first to mention Junior College... this is the key mentality I was afraid of that you might have. Almost all my poly friends in uni (of varying calibre and courses) now have expressed JC as a more advantageous route as a prep for university. Psychology is an interesting course whereby you do have to mug almost as rigorously as JC. (I can go on about if there is any difference if you mug what you like or whether disillusionment is even a thing.)

For now, maybe you can pick up a textbook and answer a couple of questions. I'm sure you will take this advice... After all, you claim you like what you study right?