Study Skills for Psychology Students

✍ Scribed by Jennifer Latto, Richard Latto

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 240
• Series: Successful Studying
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This practical handbook is an essential companion for psychology students. From day one of your degree, it will make all the difference.

Based on the authors' extensive knowledge of psychology, it includes:

• Key approaches in psychology
• The best ways to study
• How to use IT effectively
• Producing excellent assignments and exams
• Helpful advice on statistical methods
• Tackling projects and dissertations
• An introduction to careers in psychology

It contains exercises, tips, advice from students, and a glossary of commonly used terms in psychology.

An accompanying website www.openup.co.uk/psychologysuccess has more information on psychology-related careers with up-to-date web links.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover......Page 1
Half-tilte......Page 2
Title page......Page 4
Copyright page......Page 5
Dedication Page......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Skills for Successful Study series......Page 12
Series editor’s preface......Page 14
Introduction: why you need this handbook and how to use it......Page 16
1.1 About psychology......Page 20
1.2 How your university or college works......Page 29
2.1 What kind of student are you?......Page 36
2.2 Structuring information......Page 43
2.3 Formal teaching......Page 56
2.4 Learning in groups......Page 64
2.5 Learning through experience......Page 69
2.6 Personal development profiling......Page 72
3.1 Using learning resource centres......Page 78
3.2 Using in-house electronic resources......Page 84
3.3 Surfing the web and evaluating what you find......Page 95
3.4 Saving information effectively......Page 97
3.5 Plagiarism detection software......Page 99
4.1 The purposes of assessment......Page 106
4.2 Writing essays......Page 108
4.3 Writing practical reports......Page 128
4.4 Giving presentations (or how to avoid death by PowerPoint)......Page 129
4.5 Preparing and presenting posters......Page 134
4.6 Contributing to seminars......Page 135
4.7 Taking examinations......Page 136
4.8 Overall thoughts on assessment......Page 146
5.1 Planning your timetable......Page 148
5.2 Choosing a topic......Page 150
5.3 Making the most of your supervisor......Page 152
5.4 Designing the project......Page 154
5.5 Getting ethical approval......Page 158
5.6 Running the project......Page 160
5.7 Reporting and analysing your results......Page 161
5.8 Common errors of interpretation......Page 171
5.9 Writing up......Page 176
6.1 Introduction......Page 178
6.2 Ideas about careers in general......Page 181
6.3 Regulation......Page 184
6.4 Careers in psychology......Page 185
6.5 Postgraduate courses......Page 187
6.6 Working and training abroad......Page 189
6.7 Other careers......Page 190
6.8 Longer term......Page 191
1 How to reference your work......Page 192
2 Answers to exercises......Page 199
3 Acronyms and abbreviations......Page 201
4 Glossary......Page 203
5 Common terms (and some of their alternatives) used in statistics......Page 216
6 Further reading......Page 226
References......Page 229
Index......Page 232
Back cover......Page 240