Reading for Research in Psychology

This Volume is for elementary and intermediate level students who are studying for a degree in Psychology. The aim is to help students to read texts in English more efficiently. This could be for research purposes, for example writing dissertations, or also in their daily work lives. Students are introduced to a variety of texts, mainly specialist or semi-specialist, and their attention is drawn to characteristics of each particular type, in terms of format, overal organisation and language. Topics covered include such issues as educational psychology, social psychology, stress, dreams and nightmares, alcoholism and eating disorders.