Download or read book Own Your Psychology Major written by Glenn Geher and published by American Psychological Association (APA). This book was released on 2019 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a roadmap for new psychology majors, and inspiration to help motivate students to make the most of internship, research, and service opportunities during their undergraduate years.
Download or read book What Psychology Majors Could and Should be Doing written by Paul J. Silvia and published by American Psychological Association (APA). This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 115,000 psychology majors graduating each year, it is an understatement to say that competition is fierce. A decent GPA is not enough to make you stand out, whether you plan to go to graduate school or to enter the world of work. So, how can you gain a competitive edge? Like a good mentor, this book steers you to the experiences outside the classroom that will build your professional portfolio and show prospective employers and grad school programs that you have the skills they want -- researching, writing, public speaking, and statistical reasoning. Since professional research experience remains the most important avenue for fostering and demonstrating these skills, the book emphasizes ways to get involved in scholarly research, including finding research opportunities, conducting the research, going to scholarly conferences, and presenting findings in papers and talks. The only book devoted to undergraduate professional skills in psychology, this second edition provides a new overview of the kinds of research experiences you might get, no matter what type of college you are attending, as well as tips for writing your CV and personal statement, succeeding in classes, and thinking about options after college. In short, this consummate guide provides all the help you will need to get the most out of your psychology degree!
Download or read book The Psychology Major s Companion written by Dana S. Dunn and published by Macmillan Higher Education. This book was released on 2023-03-20 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Psychology Major’s Companion, Third Edition gives prospective and current psychology majors a roadmap for planning a career, letting them know what to expect from the undergraduate major, the larger discipline, and the marketplace beyond campus. Professors Dunn and Halonen include helpful skill-related tips, how to decide on options for course study, and how to apply to graduate school or get a job with an undergraduate degree.
Download or read book Your Undergraduate Degree in Psychology written by Paul I. Hettich and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2014 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining empirical data with practical experience, Landrum and Hettich provide essential advice and tools to help psychology students survive and thrive in the workplace.
Download or read book Best Practices for Teaching Beginnings and Endings in the Psychology Major written by Dana S. Dunn and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-12 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introductory and capstone experiences in the undergraduate psychology program are crucial ways to engage students in their major and psychology department, impart realistic expectations, and prepare them for life beyond college. Providing the right orientation and capstone courses in psychology education is increasingly a concern of instructors, department chairs, program directors, and deans, and both types of courses have become important sources for gathering pre- and post-coursework assessment data for degree learning outcomes. The strategies presented here have been designed to help educators examine issues around teaching the introductory or careers course and developing a psychology-specific orientation program. The authors also provide concrete suggestions for building capstone experiences designed to fit the needs of a department, its pedagogical philosophy, or the educational agenda of the college or university. Undergraduate psychology curriculum designers and instructors can benefit from learning innovative and effective strategies for introducing the major to first-year students and, at graduation, for bringing closure, reinforcing the overall departmental learning outcomes, and helping students apply their disciplinary knowledge in capstone experiences and post-graduate life. In this collection of articles, psychology instructors involved in the improvement of teaching and learning review the research and share their own successes and challenges in the classroom. Discussions include effective practices for helping students become acclimated to and engaged in the psychology major, application of developmental knowledge and learning communities to course design, and use of quality benchmarks to improve introductory and capstone courses. Other chapters describe innovations in the design of stand-alone courses and offer concrete advice on counseling psychology graduates about how to use what they have learned beyond their higher education experiences.
Download or read book The Psychology Major s Handbook written by Tara L. Kuther and published by . This book was released on 2024-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Psychology Major's Handbook has its roots in my own experience as a student. Over twenty years ago, I wrote the first edition of this book, hoping to create the manual and mentor that I wish I had had as an undergraduate student. As a first-generation student attending a small state regional college, I didn't know what questions to ask, how to navigate college, and the importance of out-of-class experiences and relationships with faculty. My goal, both then and now, two decades later, was to help students like me understand the nature of college, the value of a psychology degree, career opportunities with a psychology degree, and the purpose of graduate study. The Psychology Major's Handbook, sixth edition, is a source of practical information for students who are considering majoring in psychology and an informal mentor to guide psychology majors as they complete their degree. Choosing a major is one of the most stressful decisions that college students make. The Psychology Major's Handbook examines how to choose a major, the competencies acquired by psychology majors, as well as career options at the undergraduate and graduate levels. As in prior editions, the sixth edition of The Psychology Major's Handbook covers topics relevant to all students, such as how to succeed in college, develop an active learning style, hone study skills, and become more self-aware. New college students are often surprised by the autonomy required of students. Perhaps the biggest difference between high school and college is that college requires students to take an active role in their education. The Psychology Major's Handbook is intended to help students recognize their role in steering their own education. No book can replace the guidance of a faculty advisor, but The Psychology Major's Handbook is a helpful resource for students who seek general assistance, and it may serve as a springboard for student-advisor discussions"--
Download or read book The Psychology Major s Handbook written by Tara L. Kuther and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2024-02-19 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research shows that today′s students are unique. Whether anxious, overwhelmed, or too busy to ask for help, modern students trust and turn to the resources at their fingertips for guidance. Tara Kuther created The Psychology Major′s Handbook for this purpose, to bridge the gap between advisor and manual. Created to support and follow along with a student through college, this text provides the support of an advisor as students navigate choosing a major, learning how to study, writing papers, and deciding what to do after college. Within each chapter, Kuther supports learners in applying concepts to their own lives through embedded exercises. The updated Sixth Edition encourages students to take an active role in their education and explains all of the ways that students can influence their own college experiences. Three individual chapters emphasize academics and cover crucial study and college skills, such as writing a review paper, and an APA Style empirical paper. The final four chapters of the text focus on bachelor′s and graduate opportunities to help students to look past graduation.
Download or read book Success as a Psychology Major written by David E. Copeland and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2020-02-07 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Success as a Psychology Major, First Edition by David E. Copeland and Jeremy A. Houska is an essential resource for any student interested in pursuing an undergraduate degree in psychology. Built from the ground up with input from hundreds of psychology students, this First Edition answers every question a trepidatious undergraduate may have. Success as a Psychology Major opens with practical tools on how to be a successful student, walks readers through the psychology curriculum, highlights key skills to develop, and presents the various academic and career paths to take after graduation. Unique chapters on joining a research lab, professional organizations and clubs, documenting students′ accomplishments, and practical tools for managing time and money provide students with resources they will use throughout their academic career. Presented in a modular format with a student-friendly narrative, this text is a step-by-step road map to a fulfilling and meaningful experience as a student of psychology.
Download or read book The Psychology Major s Companion written by Dana S. Dunn and published by Worth. This book was released on 2016-07-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this handy guide, the authors address the experiences and concerns of both traditional students and adult learners returning to their studies, and offer unbiased advice to help readers understand whether studying Psychology is right for them. The book answers key questions about studying Psychology including: What do psychologists do? Where do they work? Is Psychology the right choice for you? What skills and benefits does an undergraduate degree in Psychology provide? How can I leverage my studies by pursuing the right organizational memberships, summer jobs, and internships? What jobs are available to undergraduate Psychology students who decide not to pursue postgraduate study? How do I begin a job search right out of college? How can I make my application a compelling one? Of what benefit will studying Psychology be to my life outside beyond my education and my career? To create this guide, authors Dunn and Halonen drew extensively on experiences with their own students, as well as interactions with colleagues. This is useful reading for anyone beginning their studies in Psychology at undergraduate level.
Download or read book Building Your Career in Psychology written by Marie S. Hammond and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building Your Career in Psychology is a new practical, aspirational, and experiential book designed to help readers make informed decisions about their college, career, and life success. The primary theme in this book is that psychological knowledge makes a difference in people’s lives. Building on this theme, this book provides an empowered process for making the most of college and other career preparation experience, helping the reader to set the stage for academic, career, and life success. This book emphasizes academic skills, unwritten rules, career planning, and developing relationships – both professional and personal. Moreover, this book includes evidence-based career development content and exercises, as well as other resources to assist readers in discovering their own path to a meaningful career and life. Highlights of this book include: Discussion of career options at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels Forms, handouts, and exercises (both basic and advanced) to facilitate deeper processing and application of content References and resources for further information Website with additional information, including instructor resources Recognition and respect for the diversity of people, their experiences, and paths Featuring the best practices in facilitating career decision-making and planning, this book is a must read for undergraduate and graduate students in psychology courses as well as anyone interested in a career in psychology.
Download or read book 50 Psychology Classics written by Tom Butler-Bowdon and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the key wisdom and figures of psychology's development over 50 books, hundreds of ideas, and a century of time.
Download or read book The Psychology Major written by R. Eric Landrum and published by Pearson Higher Ed. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. Strategies for success for the psychology major Landrum/Davis provides strategies for success that will allow students to achieve their career goals, whatever they may be. The authors provide fundamental tips and advice that can be useful to all students, but especially useful for psychology majors. This text standardizes and catalogs much of the practical advice that professors often give to students—providing tips on how to do well in all classes, how to find research ideas, and how to write papers in general APA format. Also, the book contains up-to-date career information that faculty might not normally have at their fingertips, including the latest salary figures for a number of psychology-related jobs and occupations. Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers should be able to: Describe why psychology is a practical subject for any student to study. Identify career opportunities for holders of a Bachelor’s degree in psychology Identify career opportunities for holders of a Master’s or Doctoral degree in psychology. Find research ideas and write papers in APA format. Note: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab, please visit www.mysearchlab.com or you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MySearchLab: ValuePack ISBN-10: TBD / ValuePack ISBN-13: TBD
Download or read book Majoring in Psychology written by Jeffrey L. Helms and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-02-23 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With coverage of important preparatory issues and the key psychology subfields, Majoring in Psychology: Achieving Your Educational and Career Goals provides undergraduate students with clear, concise, research-based information on strategies to begin a successful undergraduate career in psychology. Provides the most comprehensive text on majoring in psychology currently available Discusses the benefits of pursuing a psychology degree and key steps to prepare for a job or graduate study in the field Features brief topical contributions written by national figures in their respective subfields Incorporates current data and research on diversity-related issues as well as guidance on how to ensure personality traits and abilities match the skills that potential career paths demand
Download or read book Your Undergraduate Degree in Psychology written by Paul I. Hettich and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Your Undergraduate Degree in Psychology: From College to Career, authors and professors Paul I. Hettich and R. Eric Landrum provide innovative strategies and tools for succeeding after college with an undergraduate degree in psychology. Drawing on current research data, applied theory, and both academic and workplace experiences, they help stimulate self-reflection and improve decision making as students approach their careers. The text covers key topics in the college-to-career transition, including career planning and development, identifying and transferring marketable skills, building and sustaining strong networks, understanding what employers want and don't want, coping with personal life changes, becoming a valued employee, and more.
Download or read book The Lucifer Effect written by Philip Zimbardo and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2008-01-22 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive firsthand account of the groundbreaking research of Philip Zimbardo—the basis for the award-winning film The Stanford Prison Experiment Renowned social psychologist and creator of the Stanford Prison Experiment Philip Zimbardo explores the mechanisms that make good people do bad things, how moral people can be seduced into acting immorally, and what this says about the line separating good from evil. The Lucifer Effect explains how—and the myriad reasons why—we are all susceptible to the lure of “the dark side.” Drawing on examples from history as well as his own trailblazing research, Zimbardo details how situational forces and group dynamics can work in concert to make monsters out of decent men and women. Here, for the first time and in detail, Zimbardo tells the full story of the Stanford Prison Experiment, the landmark study in which a group of college-student volunteers was randomly divided into “guards” and “inmates” and then placed in a mock prison environment. Within a week the study was abandoned, as ordinary college students were transformed into either brutal, sadistic guards or emotionally broken prisoners. By illuminating the psychological causes behind such disturbing metamorphoses, Zimbardo enables us to better understand a variety of harrowing phenomena, from corporate malfeasance to organized genocide to how once upstanding American soldiers came to abuse and torture Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib. He replaces the long-held notion of the “bad apple” with that of the “bad barrel”—the idea that the social setting and the system contaminate the individual, rather than the other way around. This is a book that dares to hold a mirror up to mankind, showing us that we might not be who we think we are. While forcing us to reexamine what we are capable of doing when caught up in the crucible of behavioral dynamics, though, Zimbardo also offers hope. We are capable of resisting evil, he argues, and can even teach ourselves to act heroically. Like Hannah Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem and Steven Pinker’s The Blank Slate, The Lucifer Effect is a shocking, engrossing study that will change the way we view human behavior. Praise for The Lucifer Effect “The Lucifer Effect will change forever the way you think about why we behave the way we do—and, in particular, about the human potential for evil. This is a disturbing book, but one that has never been more necessary.”—Malcolm Gladwell “An important book . . . All politicians and social commentators . . . should read this.”—The Times (London) “Powerful . . . an extraordinarily valuable addition to the literature of the psychology of violence or ‘evil.’”—The American Prospect “Penetrating . . . Combining a dense but readable and often engrossing exposition of social psychology research with an impassioned moral seriousness, Zimbardo challenges readers to look beyond glib denunciations of evil-doers and ponder our collective responsibility for the world’s ills.”—Publishers Weekly “A sprawling discussion . . . Zimbardo couples a thorough narrative of the Stanford Prison Experiment with an analysis of the social dynamics of the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.”—Booklist “Zimbardo bottled evil in a laboratory. The lessons he learned show us our dark nature but also fill us with hope if we heed their counsel. The Lucifer Effect reads like a novel.”—Anthony Pratkanis, Ph.D., professor emeritus of psychology, University of California
Download or read book The Savvy Psychology Major written by Drew Appleby and published by . This book was released on 2009-05-20 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will help you understand how to use the knowledge, skills, and characteristics you develop in your psychology classes to become the person you want to become. Here are some of the specific ways in which this transformation will happen: You will learn what a savvy psychology major is and how to become one. You will learn about the skills that will enable you to perform well in academic settings (e.g., active learning and critical thinking) and how these skills will also benefit you in your post-baccalaureate future (e.g., in graduate school and in your career). You will learn about the four stages in your undergraduate career and how to succeed in all of them. You will learn about knowledge that will help you make important career decisions (e.g., what areas of specialization exist in psychology, what psychologists in these areas do, and how much they earn). You will learn the types of skills and characteristics most valued by potential employers and graduate school admissions committees. You will learn about the covert curriculum and how to take advantage of its lifelong benefits. You will learn strategies that will enable you to maximize the probability of obtaining the job to which you aspire or being accepted by the graduate school of your choice. You will become familiar with the ethical principles that psychologists use to guide their professional behaviors.
Download or read book Career Paths in Psychology written by Robert J. Sternberg and published by American Psychological Association (APA). This book was released on 2007 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Career Paths in Psychology, psychologists in a variety of areas discuss their work: what got them into it, what they like and don't like about it, and what a typical work week is like in their chosen specialty. These psychologists offer advice, information, and the inspiration of their own career paths. They speak frankly about salaries and job opportunities and about what it takes to make it in their field.
