Study Skills for Psychology Students
(Sprache: Englisch)
This practical handbook is an essential companion for psychology students. From day one of your degree, it will make all the difference.
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This practical handbook is an essential companion for psychology students. From day one of your degree, it will make all the difference.
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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.
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Introduction: why you need this handbook and how to use it1 First things first
1.1 About psychology
1.2 How your university or college works
2 Organizing inputs
2.1 What kind of student are you?
2.2 Structuring information
2.3 Formal teaching
2.4 Learning in groups
2.5 Learning through experience
2.6 Personal development profiling
3 Using IT
3.1 Using learning resource centres
3.2 Using in-house electronic resources
3.3 Surfing the web and evaluating what you find
3.4 Saving information effectively
3.5 Plagiarism detection software
4 Achieving good outputs
4.1 The purposes of assessment
4.2 Writing essays
4.3 Writing practical reports
4.4 Giving presentations (or how to avoid death by PowerPoint)
4.5 Preparing and presenting posters
4.6 Contributing to seminars
4.7 Taking examinations
4.8 Overall thoughts on assessment
5 Research projects and dissertations
5.1 Planning your timetable
5.2 Choosing a topic
5.3 Making the most of your supervisor
5.4 Designing the project
5.5 Getting ethical approval
5.6 Running the project
5.7 Reporting and analysing your results
5.8 Common errors of interpretation
5.9 Writing up
6 What next?
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Ideas about careers in general
6.3 Regulation
6.4 Careers in psychology
6.5 Postgraduate courses
6.6 Working and training abroad
6.7 Other careers
6.8 Longer term
Appendices
1 How to reference your work
2 Answers to exercises
3 Acronyms and abbreviations
4 Glossary
5 Common terms (and some of their alternatives) used instatistics
6 Further reading
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Jennifer Latto , Richard Latto
- 2009, 194 Seiten, Maße: 8,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
- ISBN-10: 0335229093
- ISBN-13: 9780335229093
Sprache:
Englisch
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