Studying psychology
By: Andrew Stevenson
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Palgrave study guides
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Basingstoke; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780230517820
Subjects: Study and teaching; Psychology
Notes: First ed. published in 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-216) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: What isn't this?; title: Learning the language of psychology; title: Ideas and activities to help you cope with terminology; title: Proof, theories, hypotheses and the scientific method; title: Causal links, controlled experiments, and correlation; title: Right or wrong : the perspectives in psychology; title: Studying psychology in ways that maximise your learning style; title: Learning styles : what's it all about?; title: The wholist-analyst theory; title: The listening, looking, and doing theory; title: Writing psychology assessments and examination answers; title: Typical psychology assessments; title: Reading the words in the question; title: Planning assessment answers; title: Writing in an academic style; title: Evaluating psychological research; title: Monitoring your own progress; title: Preparing for psychology exams; title: Conducting and understanding psychological research; title: Deciding what to study; title: Research methods in psychology; title: Selecting participants for research; title: Treating participants ethically; title: Writing your research report; title: Using statistics in psychology; title: Kinds of statistics; title: Using descriptive statistics in psychology; title: Using inferential statistics on psychology; title: What can I do with a psychology degree?; title: Appendices.