Your Undergraduate Psychology Project: A Student Guide - Paperback
Your Undergraduate Psychology Project: A Student Guide - Paperback
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by Mark Forshaw (Author)
Your Undergraduate Psychology Project: A Student Guide has been designed with the needs of the student in mind. Packed with hints and tips, and written in a simple, informal style, this 'second supervisor' is designed to ease students further into the world of research.
The second edition has been completely revised and updated with new material on focus groups and ethics and a new section entitled How to Lose Marks Instantly.
Back Jacket
'This book provides an accessible and informative introduction which will be invaluable to undergraduate students carrying out their final year projects. From finding a research topic, to planning, right the way through to writing up, the book offers practical advice on how to avoid common pitfalls and how to produce a project that not only succeeds in terms of good marks, but also facilitates the student in carrying out a worthwhile and original piece of research.'--Dr Julie Hulme, Discipline Lead for Psychology, The Higher Education Academy, UK
Getting started on your final year psychology research project?
Not sure where to look for extra help?
Terrified at the prospect?
Your Undergraduate Psychology Project: A Student Guide has been designed with the needs of the student in mind. Packed with hints and tips, and written in a simple, informal style, this 'second supervisor' is designed to ease you further into the world of research.
The second edition has been completely revised and updated with new material on focus groups and ethics, and includes a new section entitled 'How to Lose Marks Instantly'.
A host of special features allow you the best possible chance of success:
- Structured chronologically around planning a project, carrying it out, and then writing it up
- Gives practical advice on how to deal with day-to-day problems, such as software failures or uncommunicative interviewees
- Written in consultation with a number of experienced academics and students of psychology
Author Biography
Mark Forshaw is Director of Endpoint Development and Outcomes Assessment at Adelphi Values, UK, having previously been a Principal Lecturer and Deputy Director of the Centre for Health Psychology at Staffordshire University. He is Chair of the BPS Membership Standards Board, and a Trustee of the BPS, and the winner of the BPS Division of Health Psychology Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Health Psychology 2011. He is the author of many books, including Critical Thinking for Psychology: A Student Guide (Wiley, 2012).
