Own your psychology major! : a guide to student success /
In this book, you'll get a bird's eye view of the whole curriculum, from rat mazes and statistics to abnormal psychology and psychotherapy, and you'll dive into some of the field's most enduring debates. Beyond the what and why of the psychology major, this book provides you with...
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Washington, D.C. :
American Psychological Association,
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Table of Contents:
- I. Ethical and social responsibility: how to use psychology to make the world a better place : What the pros hope you will learn in your psychology major: five goals from the APA guidelines for the undergraduate psychology major
- Making a difference: how the psychology curriculum cultivates ethical and socially responsible leadership
- II. Knowledge base: the content of psychology : The broad nature of psychology content: how do these different topics relate to each other?
- Human diversity and human universality: how we are all the same and how we are all unique
- Multifactorial causes of behavior: a fact of psychology
- III. Scientific inquiry and critical thinking : Psychology is a real science, part 1: The many joys of statistics
- Psychology is a real science, part 2: Research methods in the behavioral sciences
- IV. Advanced research as a psychology student : Rolling up your sleeves: collaborating on research projects
- Telling the world: presenting psychological research findings
- V. Professional development : internships, graduate programs, and careers : How to land (and get the most out of) an internship
- Thinking about careers and graduate school
- Cheat sheet for owning your psychology major.