Psychology – Psychology for AS Level Student Workbook (Psychology for AS-level Workbook) - Softcover

Hillyard-Parker, Hugh; Cardwell, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007174756 ISBN 13: 9780007174751

Publisher: Collins Educational, 2004

Synopsis

Accompanying the definitive, full-colour textbook from Cardwell, Clark and Meldrum, this Student Workbook helps students learn and revise exactly what they need for success at AS Psychology.

The workbook helps students understand and absorb course content through structured activities, and helps them keep track of the knowledge and skills they have -or haven’t -mastered.

Each unit is closely linked to the latest AQA(A) AS specification, and contains hints and tips from a senior examiner and best-selling author on how to learn smartly – and look smart in the exam.

There are seven units, mirroring the structure of the textbook:

Human memory
Attachments in Development
Stress
Abnormality
Social Influence
Qualitative & quantitative research methods
Research design, implementation & analysis

Each unit features:
· A preview of the content covered in the textbook, a visual topic map and a detailed explanation of specification requirements and jargon
· Activities with write-on answer sections to help students structure their own note-taking
· Examiner hints on how to develop AO1 and AO2 skills and how to revise and recall key information from the textbook
· End of topic tests and exam practice questions with answer guidance and commentary.

About this title

Synopsis:

This student workbook helps students understand and absorb course content through structured activities, and helps them keep track of the knowledge and skills they have - or haven't - mastered. Each unit is closely linked to the latest AQA(A) AS specification and contains hints and tips on how to learn smartly - and look smart in the exam. Each unit features: a preview of the content covered in the textbook, a visual topic map and a detailed explanation of specification requirements and jargon; activities with write-on answer sections to help students structure their own note-taking; examiner hints on how to develop AO1 and AO2 skills and how to revise and recall key information from the textbook; and end-of-topic tests and exam practice questions with answer guidance and commentary.

About the Author:

Hugh Hillyard-Parker is an experienced freelance writer and editor, who has been involved with all three editions of the best-selling Cardwell, Clark and Meldrum series of Psychology textbooks. He has written extensively for the National Extension College as well as for major commerical eductional publishers.
Mike Cardwell is a senior examiner for a major awarding body and Principal Lecturer in Psychology at Bath Spa University College. He has written and contributed to many best-selling resources, including Do Brilliantly AS & A2 Psychology (Collins), and is an editor of Psychology Review.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins Educational
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0007174756
• ISBN 13: 9780007174751
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 192