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Join our interactive workshop for psychology students! Learn effective reading strategies, writing techniques, lab report essentials, and exam preparation tips. Engage in discussions and Q&A sessions to enhance your skills in psychology studies.
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WELCOME & OVERVIEW • Welcome! • Introductions • Your questions • General advice on reading and writing in psychology • Break • Laboratory reports • Exam preparation • Q & A
INTRODUCTIONS • I’m your tutor… • Spend five minutes getting to know the person next to you. • Who? • Where from? • Why psychology? • Which courses? • Etc… • You will then introduce them to the class.
QUESTIONS • Before we proceed, does anyone have any pressing questions that they do not think will be covered in the outline, and they would rather are answered before the Q & A session at the end?
General advice on reading and writing: Reading • Read the handout: “A strategy for reading textbooks” & learn the SQRW approach (5 mins). • This approach to consuming information is also valuable for most things that you will read in psychology (e.g., essays, lab reports). • Read “Similarity in attitudes and activities of friends” utilising the SQRW approach (10 mins). • Discuss your experience/results with you neighbour (5 mins).
General advice on reading and writing: Writing • You will find that the more you read in psychology, the easier that writing will become as you develop familiarity with the academic format. • Take a copy of the hand out “General writing tips” away and read.
BREAK 20 Minutes
LABORATORY REPORTS • What is a Laboratory Report all about? • A laboratory report is a scientific report that describes to the reader: • Why you undertook this particular research; • What you expected to find; • How you actually did it; • What you did find;
LABORATORY REPORTS • How you interpreted the results; and • The theoretical and practical implications of the conclusions you drew from the results • See also the Findlay or Burton texts.
LABORATORY REPORTS • Read the handout on “Lab reports” and discuss with your neighbour (10 mins). • Class discussion.
EXAM PREPARATION • Your tutors experience… • Read the handout “Exam tips” and discuss this with your neighbour.
Q & A • Now’s your chance to ask questions!
SUMMARY • Spend five minutes compiling a list of what you learnt today. • Handouts you should have: • A strategy for reading textbooks • Similarity in attitudes and activities of friends • General writing tips • Essay on homosexuality • Lab reports • Exam tips