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.