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A Student's Guide to Studying Psychology
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Heffernan, Thomas M. |
| Copyright Year | 1997 |
| Abstract | Part 1 Introduction to psychology: what is psychology? perspectives within psychology the psychoanalytic perspective the biological perspective developmental psychology humanistic psychology the behaviourist perspective the cognitive perspective social psychology. Part 2 A study guide to lectures, seminars, and tutorials: practical classes contact time generally lectures seminars preparing for the seminar why bother with seminars? tutorials some final points about seminars and tutorials. Part 3 A guide to essay writing and referencing: stages in essay writing example of essay plan some important points about coursework essays a guide to writing style a guide to referencing, N. McLaughlin Cook citing sources in text, S. Thomas, K. Morgan direct quotations presentation of a reference section. Part 4 A guide to research methods and empirical research report writing: research methods - the quantitative/qualitative distinction, literature searching, sampling procedures, the experimental method, the quasi-experimental method, the non-experimental method, data, statistical analysis and causal inference, qualitative approaches ethics in research the empirical research report writing - structure of the report, the title, abstract, introduction, results, discussion, references, appendices. Part 5 After the degree - opportunities for a graduate of psychology: graduate status post- graduate training and research applied psychology clinical psychology educational psychology occupational/organizational psychology criminal/forensic psychology health psychology sports psychology other applications preparing your curriculum vitae CV. Appendices: example of a completed essay coursework critical evaluation of essay example of a practical write-up two examples of examination essays unseen exams. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315849430 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.laketraviscitizenscouncil.com/the-student-s-guide-to-studying-psychology.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315849430 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
