TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stevenson,Andrew
TI  - Studying psychology
T2  - Palgrave study guides
SN  - 023051782X (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BF77 .S69 2008
U1  - 150 STS 22
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Study and teaching
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface: What isn't this? -- Learning the language of psychology -- Ideas and activities to help you cope with terminology -- Proof, theories, hypotheses and the scientific method -- Causal links, controlled experiments, and correlation -- Right or wrong : the perspectives in psychology -- Studying psychology in ways that maximise your learning style -- Learning styles : what's it all about? -- The wholist-analyst theory -- The listening, looking, and doing theory -- Writing psychology assessments and examination answers -- Typical psychology assessments -- Reading the words in the question -- Planning assessment answers -- Writing in an academic style -- Evaluating psychological research -- Monitoring your own progress -- Preparing for psychology exams -- Conducting and understanding psychological research -- Deciding what to study -- Research methods in psychology -- Selecting participants for research -- Treating participants ethically -- Writing your research report -- Using statistics in psychology -- Kinds of statistics -- Using descriptive statistics in psychology -- Using inferential statistics on psychology -- What can I do with a psychology degree? -- Appendices
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0809/2007052422-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0809/2007052422-d.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0809/2007052422-t.html
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