How to Write a Psychology Essay

By Cyril Latimer

The aim of this book is to guide a student through all the stages and processes of writing a Psychology Essay, from understanding what exactly the topic of the essay requires, and all the way to responding appropriately to a marker's grading and feedback on an essay. The journey commences with a close look at how to interpret and meet the requirements of a topic. For example, is the topic a command or an invitation to argue a case? From there, advice is given not only on how best to become acquainted with, and think critically about, literature on the topic, but also on how to progress towards development of an argument on the topic rather than a mere summary and description of relevant research. Argument Mapping and tools for creating argument maps are described and illustrated. In order to avoid diversion from of the main flow of advice, more detailed advice is provided via "Boxes" which can be read at leisure. To exemplify the provided advice, a complete sample essay is presented. The essay has marginal commentary and highlighting as means of explaining the structure and the main argument pursued. The sample essay is followed by advice on how to respond appropriately to a marker's commentary and grading of an essay. Additionally, a weakened form of the sample essay together with marker commentary and highlighting are also provided as means of illustrating failings in an essay and how the essay might be improved. Finally, the weakened form of the sample essay is followed by a completed marking rubric, grading and general comment by the marker. In these ways, a student is exposed to the entire set of the processes involved in planning and writing essays and the benefits of responding appropriately to markers' commentary and grading.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1326037048
• ISBN13: 9781326037048
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.3" x 11.7"