Introduction
Studying
psychology? Are you in need of a little help with your psychology revision?
Exams are coming and I'm sure it just makes you want to scream. I'm not
going to say 'look no further' because there are so many sources and always
something new to learn. What I will say is that during my time as a college
lecturer in psychology my classes attained among the highest pass rates
in the country for OCR AS, A2, OCB and Lincs-PS1000, I helped write the
curriculum for the Foundation Degree Forensic Psychology course. So perhaps
I can help you make enough sense of the mounds of handouts and notes to
make the difference in your exam.
Feature
Understand the terminology (humour)
The following list of phrases and their definitions may help you understand the mysterious language of science (including psychology)
IT HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN... I didn't look up the original reference.
A DEFINITE TREND IS EVIDENT... These data are practically meaningless.
WHILE IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE DEFINITE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS... An unsuccessful experiment, but I still hope to get it published.
THREE OF THE SAMPLES WERE CHOSEN FOR DETAILED STUDY... The other results didn't make any sense.
TYPICAL RESULTS ARE SHOWN... This is the prettiest graph.
CORRECT WITHIN AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE... Wrong.
ACCORD1NG TO STATISTICAL ANALYSIS... Rumour has it.
A STATISTICALLY-ORIENTED PROJECTION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE FINDINGS... A wild guess.
IT IS CLEAR THAT MUCH ADDITIONAL WORK WILL BE REQUIRED BEFORE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PHENOMENON OCCURS... I don't understand it
AFTER ADDITIONAL STUDY BY MY COLLEAGUES... They don't understand it either.
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