Study Skills for Psychology has been shaped around a typical psychology studentв€™s journey. Beginning with an overview of the nature of the degree and advice about what needs to be sorted out in the first few weeks of the course, this book tackles how to get the most from your lectures, exam preparation and project development, right through to contemplating and investigating future career options.

This highly accessible guide is designed to help you meet the challenges and reap the rewards of your degree by introducing a range of study skills and providing you with ways to practice those skills. This book should accompany you throughout your degree course as a resource that you can use whenever you need help.

An astute compilation of the university experience, made easily accessible to the reader, and lightened by the ability of a good storyteller. Within the book are tools to maximise and manage one's learning opportunities both in terms of objective skills and subjective psychological experiences, e.g., stress and anxiety.

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We're all born with a vast capacity to explore and learn. Unfortunately, many of us never discover what we're truly capable of. What if you could reclaim your birthright and tap into your full potential for learning? Imagine how much you could accomplish--how much you could become. Here's your chance to find out. Through her innovative learning programs, Marcia Conner has helped thousands of people unleash the power of their intuition to rediscover the joy of learning and to expand their personal and professional productivity. In Learn More Now, she distills her renowned learning solutions into an easy-to-use ten-step program that will help you:
* Learn better, smarter, and faster
* Identify your learning style and your motivational style
* Synthesize your experiences, perspectives, thoughts, and actions
* Develop new pathways in your brain to increase your opportunities
* Absorb facts on the fly and overcome information overload
* Optimize your environment for concentrating and learning
Packed with fun, easy-to-do action steps and exercises, Learn More Now will help you discover how to be more focused and aware, work in step with your natural rhythms, be improvisational in your approach, and transform your life into a learning adventure.

Bestselling author James P. Lewis has become today's number one authority on the rules of project management in virtually any industry or environment. Now, in The Project Manager's Pocket Survival Guide, Dr. Lewis focuses on areas that are often the largest stumbling blocks to project managers both new and experienced, and provides the practical skills and hidden keys necessary for completing projects on time and within budget.

Providing numerous case studies of project management successes and failures in the field, this no-nonsense book explains how to maintain project consistency and success in today's environment of fast change and even faster innovation. Managers will obtain new tools and insights for:

• Understanding the politics of projects
• Running a successful, results-driven meeting
• Managing effectively in the project environment

An excellent course, very useful for skilled teachers who would like to enliven their classes by adding an artistic dimension to the plain teaching :)

Drawing has become a very popular hobby and books are now in demand. This particular aspect of drawing has not been widely covered, making it an important addition to the discipline of drawing as a whole. It is written in his usual easily accessible style with over 200 full-colour illustrations. The various methods are explored through his trademark step-by-step exercises. By following Barber's advice and methods the reader will gain confidence in both drawing skills and the use of colour across different media. The book is well structured and comprehensive. Various methods and media are explored through a series of chapters, beginning with materials and how to get used to them. Each chapter ends in his excellent step-by-step exercises. The book is well designed and clearly laid out and users will welcome the simple, strong illustrations and concise text.