I agree with this, but it isn't true if everyone, and it doesn't change the fact that a lot of students would preemptively opt out of the major if you added formal requirements
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Replying to @talyarkoni @richarddmorey and
I'm on the same page as you in that I think we should insist on these requirements anyway, but I don't think we should deny that there would be a nontrivial impact on enrollment at most schools
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This is true more in the USA, where you can simply switch majors by changing the mix of classes you take, than the UK. I see no evidence that before they enroll, students have more than a vague idea what psych is about.
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Replying to @richarddmorey @talyarkoni and
So we get to shape their ideas about psych. In the UK you are in a set three year program and you don’t just switch.
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Replying to @richarddmorey @talyarkoni and
I see no reason why in the UK - the way the system works - we’d see a drop in enrolments.
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Exactly. This is why I had no idea what Tal was even on about until I realised it was a USA vs UK thing and questioned him.
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Replying to @o_guest @richarddmorey and
But surely the knowledge would trick down. Noone entering a UK university is unaware that physics has nontrivial quantitative skill requirements.
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Replying to @bradpwyble @richarddmorey and
I have never met a UK psych undergrad who knew there was stats and they tend to think it's a huge shocking thing and initially (at least) dislike it and resent it.
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Replying to @o_guest @richarddmorey and
Fair, but even though their precise knowledge is inaccurate they do have a correct understanding that the quant skill requirements in psych are << those in physics, maths.
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Replying to @bradpwyble @richarddmorey and
My point was in the UK they have already done teaching coding to all years of undergrad — just like they go from t-test to linear regression and more over the 3 years in stats.
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Basically my point boils down to: in the UK the tide has turned and we teach undergrads to code "against their will" just like we teach them research methods/stats "against their will". 
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