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This page provides access to a range of materials for classroom use or independent study. Owners and adopters of the text are permitted to copy or print out these materials and reproduce in hard copy for student use for free.   

Learning Objectives Worksheets

    Each chapter in the book is tightly structured around a set of Learning Objectives. These sheets enable students to keep track of their achievement in relation to these objectives. There is space on the sheets to aid tutor, peer or self feedback and for students to note for themselves areas that require further attention.  There is a Learning Objectives Worksheet for each chapter in the book. Click here to access the chapter-by-chapter index of these worksheets.

Analogies Worksheet

    This worksheet supports students critical evaluation of the use of analogies in psychological research and theorising (Chapter 2). The grid invites students to identify key features of the source and target domains and provides structured space to address the 'nine key questions' that might be asked when evaluatingt the usefulness of specific analogies in psychology.

Identification of key experimental concepts in psychological research

    This worksheet is designed to help students develop their grasp of experimental design (Chapter 5). The worksheet is a grid which can be used in conjunction with any journal research report.  Students are provided with definitions of key terms and supported in identifying the key concepts from the paper under examination.

Learning Objectives WorkSheets

Click on the chapter title below to download Learning Objectives WorkSheets for each chapter(in MS Word format).

Part I - Principles

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: The Science of Thinking and Thinking about Science

Chapter 3: Evaluative and creative thinking about theories in psychology

Chapter 4: Inductive and Deductive Thinking in Psychology

Chapter 5: Thinking Critically about Experiments

Chapter 6: Thinking Critically about Qualitative Research In Psychology

Part II - Applications

Chapter 7: Thinking about Experimental Social Psychology

Chapter 8: Thinking about Social Constructionism in Psychology

Chapter 9: Thinking about Developmental Psychology

Chapter 10: Thinking about Cognitive Psychology

Chapter 11: Thinking about Biopsychology

Chapter 12: Thinking about Personality and Individual Differences