Are textbooks and readings necessary?
- For most modules, it is essential to keep up with the readings, be it chapters in the textbooks or journal articles
- Highlight the main points, this will help you understand the respective lectures better
- Also, highlight areas that you have difficulties understanding, and clarify them during lectures
- All assigned readings are examinable even if they are not taught in lectures, so we advise you to buy the textbooks and print the readings
- Information regarding required textbooks will be available on IVLE when you have successfully bidded for your modules.
Textbooks are expensive, are there cheaper alternatives?
- Yes, used textbooks are often traded in the IVLE forum.
- Some lecturers permit the use of older editions, and these are usually available at a cheaper price.
- You could also earn some quick cash ($5 – $10), by signing up for paid psychology experiments. Not only do these experiments pay, they are also intriguing and exciting to participate in, e.g. participants may be required to undergo a EEG brain scan, or carry out a memory task. Such experiments are often listed on IVLE. (Bottom left column, under ‘student events’.)
Model Answers and Past Year Questions?
- There are no TYS available, and most psychology professors do not provide model answers to the essay questions they’ve set, in exams and assignments alike
- Having said that, some past year papers have been uploaded in the e-library reserve.
- However, do note that the exam format and questions varies with professor and cohort.
