Your Undergraduate Psychology Project: A Student Guide (Bps Student Guides)

 'This book provides an accessible and informative introduction which will be invaluable to undergraduate students carrying out their final year projects.  From finding a research topic, to planning, right the way through to writing up, the book offers practical advice on how to avoid common pitfalls and how to produce a project that not only succeeds in terms of good marks, but also facilitates the student in carrying out a worthwhile and original piece of research.'-Dr Julie Hulme, Discipline Lead for Psychology, The Higher Education Academy, UK

Getting started on your final year psychology research project?

Not sure where to look for extra help?

Terrified at the prospect?

Your Undergraduate Psychology Project: A Student Guide has been designed with the needs of the student in mind. Packed with hints and tips, and written in a simple, informal style, this 'second supervisor' is designed to ease you further into the world of research.

The second edition has been completely revised and updated with new material on focus groups and ethics, and includes a new section entitled 'How to Lose Marks Instantly'.

A host of special features allow you the best possible chance of success:

• Structured chronologically around planning a project, carrying it out, and then writing it up
• Gives practical advice on how to deal with day-to-day problems, such as software failures or uncommunicative interviewees
• Written in consultation with a number of experienced academics and students of psychology