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Latto, Jennifer and Latto, Richard. Study Skills for Psychology Students. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2008.

Study Skills for Psychology Students

Authors: Jennifer Latto and Richard Latto

Published:  November 2008 Pages: 194

eISBN: 9780335237197 | ISBN: 9780335229093
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  • Front Cover
  • Half-tilte
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication Page
  • Contents
  • Skills for Successful Study series
  • Series editor's preface
  • Introduction: why you need this handbook and how to use it
  • Chapter 1: First things first
  • 1.1 About psychology
  • 1.2 How your university or college works
  • Chapter 2: Organizing inputs
  • 2.1 What kind of student are you?
  • 2.2 Structuring information
  • 2.3 Formal teaching
  • 2.4 Learning in groups
  • 2.5 Learning through experience
  • 2.6 Personal development profiling
  • Chapter 3: Using IT
  • 3.1 Using learning resource centres
  • 3.2 Using in-house electronic resources
  • 3.3 Surfing the web and evaluating what you find
  • 3.4 Saving information effectively
  • 3.5 Plagiarism detection software
  • Chapter 4: Achieving good outputs
  • 4.1 The purposes of assessment
  • 4.2 Writing essays
  • 4.3 Writing practical reports
  • 4.4 Giving presentations (or how to avoid death by PowerPoint)
  • 4.5 Preparing and presenting posters
  • 4.6 Contributing to seminars
  • 4.7 Taking examinations
  • 4.8 Overall thoughts on assessment
  • Chapter 5: Research projects and dissertations
  • 5.1 Planning your timetable
  • 5.2 Choosing a topic
  • 5.3 Making the most of your supervisor
  • 5.4 Designing the project
  • 5.5 Getting ethical approval
  • 5.6 Running the project
  • 5.7 Reporting and analysing your results
  • 5.8 Common errors of interpretation
  • 5.9 Writing up
  • Chapter 6: What next?
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Ideas about careers in general
  • 6.3 Regulation
  • 6.4 Careers in psychology
  • 6.5 Postgraduate courses
  • 6.6 Working and training abroad
  • 6.7 Other careers
  • 6.8 Longer term
  • Appendices
  • 1 How to reference your work
  • 2 Answers to exercises
  • 3 Acronyms and abbreviations
  • 4 Glossary
  • 5 Common terms (and some of their alternatives) used in statistics
  • 6 Further reading
  • References
  • Index
  • Back cover