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//The Differences Between Psychology and Business Majors//

__Background__

When picking a college to attend, one thing students must also decide on is what their major should be. Many students put deep thought into picking their major but what factors play a part in helping students decide on a major such as business or psychology? The research collected in //Intelligence Vs. Wisdom: The Love of Money, Machiavellianism, and Unethical Behavior across College Major and Gender// shows that the motives of business students are unethical compared to psychology students **(INtroduce)**. According to the data, research shows that students going into business have more of a desire to make money which leads to unethical behavior while psychology students have a desire to help people instead **(INsert)**. Researchers compared personality traits of business majors and psychology majors by using scores collected from a personality inventory taken by a number of college students that compared their personality traits and life satisfaction **(INtroduce)**. Business majors scores were higher than non-business majors for extraversion, conscientiousness, emotional stability, assertiveness, and tough-mindedness. On the other hand, psychology majors scores were higher than non-psychology majors for openness, tender-mindedness, and work drive **(INsert).** The data collected shows that business majors are more likely to engage in unethical behavior and show traits more powerful compared to the traits of psychology majors. Therefore, I decided to interview students in different majors to figure out why exactly psychology and business majors differ in ethics, motive, and personality **(Interpret).**

__ Findings __

The findings I collected from conducting interviews shows the personality differences between business and psychology majors by looking at what the student's motive for choosing their major was **(INtroduce).** When I asked a psychology student why they chose to become a psychology major they responded, "I went through some problems in life that got me interested in studying the subject to further my knowledge of the problems I encountered. I also want to be able to help others with their problems" (Female Freshman). I asked the business student the same question and they responded that they decided to enroll in business because they want to be successful and make money in the future **(** **INsert).** In addition to conducting interviews, I also observed the characteristics and social interactions of business and psychology majors to figure out how their differences in personalities correlate to their major **(INtroduce).** While observing, I noticed that psychology majors are more shy while business majors are more outgoing. Business majors tend to have more of a passion to go after what they want while psychology majors seem timid and scared of the future **(INsert)**. In conclusion, I found that business majors care more about personal success and making money while psychology majors care more about others and want to help them become successful in life instead. Business majors possess more dominant traits such as being outgoing and being tough because they want to get to the top to be successful to benefit themselves. Psychology majors tend to be more shy, tender, and understanding because they can relate to other people's problems and want to benefit others by helping them **(INterpret).**