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one of my modules this semester at uni is about the psychology of education and how the mind processes information. I'm feeling quite negative about the module, having read the summary and week-by-week lecture schedule I have no idea what it's about and the readings have so far gone over my head. I wanted to change modules but it's not possible, so I need to get a grasp of psychology asap! I've never studied it before and biology was my weakest science at school.
Just wondering if anyone could recommend a basic psychology textbook? I think if I can understand the basics then I'll be in a better position in terms of understanding the module.
Thanks x
one of my modules this semester at uni is about the psychology of education and how the mind processes information. I'm feeling quite negative about the module, having read the summary and week-by-week lecture schedule I have no idea what it's about and the readings have so far gone over my head. I wanted to change modules but it's not possible, so I need to get a grasp of psychology asap! I've never studied it before and biology was my weakest science at school.
Just wondering if anyone could recommend a basic psychology textbook? I think if I can understand the basics then I'll be in a better position in terms of understanding the module.
Thanks x
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I have a massive interest in the whole of psychology and I read this (purely for the fun of it!):
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Understand-Psychology-Yourself-Nicky-Hayes/dp/1444100904/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359633772&sr=8-1
I don't know how relevant that would be to the educational aspects though?
In terms of education, I found this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Psychology-Education-Martyn-Long/dp/0415239060/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359633839&sr=1-2
and this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Psychology-Education-Martyn-Long/dp/0415486904/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359633839&sr=1-1
Both have good reviews - the second one was recommended by a uni student who needed it for an assignment too!
Might be worth checking to see if you can get either as an e-book through your uni's library - saves a lot of money!
Good luck with the essay *hug*
I'm just going to have to keep going over readings until I understand them. I guess I've taken it for granted before that I'd understand stuff because I always have done before.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Companions-Psychology-Companion-WJEC/dp/1850084408/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359638629&sr=1-1
EDIT - This ones similar, not as indepth as the other one, but it's similar and both really good
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Companions-Revision-Guide-Psychology/dp/0199136173/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359638629&sr=1-3
I've bought an Revision Guide AS and A2 Level book so fingers crossed that's going to help and will be some night time reading for me
I need to find a book which has information on artificial intelligence, if anyone has any ideas?!
Oh never thought of them! I've used the Political Philosophy one and it was really good. Annoyingly the university library doesn't have any basic books. Should have worked that one out for myself; psychology students won't be needing books explaining the basics.
AbeBooks to the rescue
Any ideas on books about the relation between world recognition and object recognition? Hate psychology more than anything. :grump:
try a specific developmental psych book with a section on cognitive development.
Chomsky and Piaget have come up quite a bit already and my lecturer said pretty much the same as you, their books only outline their own theories and beliefs. Montessori has also been mentioned, but that focuses more on educational psychology, as opposed to developmental psychology.
Pass me the wine.
That's not much. Can you ask for it to be remarked? What about resits (in light of mitigating circumstances, depending on uni policy, you may be able to resit without penalty)?
will you have to do it again?
everyone gets crap marks, it's really disappointing but as long as you are doing ok overall it doesn't really matter. I've had some rubbish marks this year on things I've worked really hard on, and it's my final year so it's really not the time to be messing up. but in the end I've done my best and that's all I can do. I've had to accept that I can't be really good at every topic, regardless of how hard I try. you've been doing brilliantly and one slip-up won't make much difference overall.
*hug*
Also true Most courses will allow you to fail a certain number of units and still pass overall. Depending on how it is all weighted in the end, it might not have much of an impact on your final marks.