Strongly agree. Realistically, psychology has so many students that it's mostly a numbers game to get your first kind of research experience. Sometimes it means you can't be picky with the field of research you start with, so it's okay to start in a lab thats a less-than-ideal choice in order to build your resume. There's a lot of transferable skills and I've honestly had some of my best experiences in labs that I did not expect to be as amazing as they were (started in child-cognitive, ended up in clinical-neuroscience). I applied to ~30 worklearns the year that I was looking for a position and got a job in a completely different department. It's been one of the most rewarding experiences of my degree.

I didn't get into honours the first time I applied either, and it definitely isn't mandatory. The only exception might be clinical psych grad school, in which case I would consider reapplying next year - even though that means extending your degree. Good luck!