Study skills for psychology students (Successful Studying) - Softcover

Latto, .

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335229093 ISBN 13: 9780335229093

Publisher: Open University Press, 2008

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.

About this title

Synopsis

This intelligent, well informed and, above all, practical book will guide you successfully through a degree course in psychology. Drawing on the hugely varied experience of teaching psychology in higher education shared between its two authors, it also profits from their wider knowledge of universities, the British Psychological Society, and practising as a psychologist.The contents include: an outline of the discipline of psychology as an academic subject; an introduction to the nature of studying in higher education; how to cope with the whole range of learning inputs found on a psychology course; how to produce high quality coursework; an emphasis on making the best use of information technology; a basic guide to the statistics and methodology you are likely to encounter; an advice on personal development profiling; help with tackling a research project; a survival guide to the different kinds of assessment found in a psychology degree; practical suggestions for achieving good marks; and, an introduction to careers for psychology graduates, - within psychology, explaining the route to the regulated professions as practising psychologists - outside psychology, outlining the many and varied careers to which a psychology degree can lead.

The associated website describes a whole range of careers in psychology with web links to further detailed information. Key features include: quick guide to individual topics so it can also be used as a reference book; up to the minute information on careers in psychology with web links to further detailed information; exercises to develop your skills as a student; tips from both the authors and their students on how to do well; and, the application of psychological theory to study skills, including 'theory of mind' tips.

About the Author

Jennifer Latto is an educational psychologist who qualified at Cambridge and University College London. She worked as an Educational Psychologist in Essex and Cheshire. After lecturing in Cambridge and Liverpool, she held a Chair in Educational Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University where she became Deputy Vice Chancellor. She is a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Richard Latto is a cognitive psychologist at Liverpool University where he was the Head of Psychology for 15 years. He taught Psychology at Cambridge, Erasmus and Oxford Universities before joining Liverpool. A Fellow, Trustee and Chair of the Psychology Education Board of the British Psychological Society, he is a Chartered Psychologist and was a member of the panel that produced the current Psychology Benchmark Statement for the Quality Assurance Agency, which guides the curriculum for all British psychology degrees.

About this edition

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0335229093
• ISBN 13: 9780335229093
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240