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Get Set for Psychology / Hamish Macleod, Peter Wright.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Get Set for University : GSUPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (168 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748620968
  • 9780748626960
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 150.711 22
LOC classification:
  • BF77 .W75 2006eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Part I. Understanding Psychology -- 1. How to use this book -- 2. Statistical thinking -- 3. Practical classes -- 4. Biological bases of behaviour -- 5. Perception -- 6. Cognitive psychology -- 7. Developmental psychology -- 8. Social psychology -- 9. Individual differences -- Part II. The University Experience and Psychology -- 10. Getting the most out of lectures -- 11. Learning in small groups -- 12. Writing to be read -- 13. Online learning -- 14. Preparing for and sitting examinations -- Index
Summary: We are all psychologists. As human beings, we all have intuitive beliefs and ideas about why people do the things they do, and the ability to form such beliefs is an important part of surviving and getting on in the world. Indeed those few individuals who lack this ability are severely disadvantaged.Studying psychology at a university level is both like and quite unlike these natural skills. Many of our beliefs about the social world are accurate, but some are unfortunately quite incorrect and misleading. How do we know when we are correct? How do we go about finding out? Our natural inclination is to seek evidence to confirm our beliefs, and therein lies prejudice. The answer from psychology is to form hypotheses and systematically test them against the evidence, and this is what makes psychology a science.This book aims to encourage and enable the reader to link a natural interest in human (and animal) behaviour with the sorts of models and theories that are used by academic psychologists. Part 1 covers the main areas of psychological endeavour, seeking to provide engaging examples of psychological questions, rather than to provide an exhaustive account. Part 2 addresses the business of living and studying at university, inviting the reader to reflect on what psychology has to say about being a student.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780748626960

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Part I. Understanding Psychology -- 1. How to use this book -- 2. Statistical thinking -- 3. Practical classes -- 4. Biological bases of behaviour -- 5. Perception -- 6. Cognitive psychology -- 7. Developmental psychology -- 8. Social psychology -- 9. Individual differences -- Part II. The University Experience and Psychology -- 10. Getting the most out of lectures -- 11. Learning in small groups -- 12. Writing to be read -- 13. Online learning -- 14. Preparing for and sitting examinations -- Index

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We are all psychologists. As human beings, we all have intuitive beliefs and ideas about why people do the things they do, and the ability to form such beliefs is an important part of surviving and getting on in the world. Indeed those few individuals who lack this ability are severely disadvantaged.Studying psychology at a university level is both like and quite unlike these natural skills. Many of our beliefs about the social world are accurate, but some are unfortunately quite incorrect and misleading. How do we know when we are correct? How do we go about finding out? Our natural inclination is to seek evidence to confirm our beliefs, and therein lies prejudice. The answer from psychology is to form hypotheses and systematically test them against the evidence, and this is what makes psychology a science.This book aims to encourage and enable the reader to link a natural interest in human (and animal) behaviour with the sorts of models and theories that are used by academic psychologists. Part 1 covers the main areas of psychological endeavour, seeking to provide engaging examples of psychological questions, rather than to provide an exhaustive account. Part 2 addresses the business of living and studying at university, inviting the reader to reflect on what psychology has to say about being a student.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)