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LEADER: 01938nam a22002658a 4500
001 2007052422
003 DLC
005 20080109130721.0
008 080107s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007052422
020 $a023051782X (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9780230517820 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aBF77$b.S69 2008
082 00 $a150.71$222
100 1 $aStevenson, Andrew,$d1964-
245 10 $aStudying psychology /$cAndrew Stevenson.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2008.
263 $a0812
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aPalgrave study guides
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPreface: 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.
650 0 $aPsychology$xStudy and teaching.