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Retrograde amnesia, 198<br />

Reviews, 36, 40<br />

Revision, 123–126, 129<br />

Rogers, C., 10<br />

Russell Group, 18<br />

Sample (N or n), 158, 208–209<br />

opportunity, 158, 207<br />

random, 208<br />

Sandwich degrees, 13, 54<br />

Scatterplots, 152, 208, 209<br />

Scientific model, 5–6<br />

Scottish universities, 18<br />

SDT see Signal detection theory<br />

Sections, 39<br />

Sections in BPS, 169, 172, website<br />

Self help, 19<br />

Seminars, 43, 44, 120<br />

Sex, 198<br />

see also Gender<br />

Shell Step, 55<br />

Short-term memory, 198<br />

Signal detection theory (SDT),<br />

198<br />

Significance, levels of, 203<br />

Simulation, 52<br />

Skewed distribution, 209<br />

Skills gained during a psychology degree,<br />

58<br />

generic, 59<br />

interpersonal, 49–52<br />

subject specific, 59<br />

Skinner, B.F., 7<br />

Sleep deprivation, 125<br />

Social psychology, 11, 173, website<br />

Spearman, C.E., 11, 192<br />

Sport and exercise psychology, 171, 172,<br />

179, website<br />

SPSS see Statistical Package for the Social<br />

Sciences<br />

Standard deviation (SD or σ), 209<br />

Standard error (SE or σ x), 209<br />

Standardisation, 209<br />

State-dependent memory, 125,<br />

198<br />

Statement of collaboration, 136<br />

INDEX 223<br />

Statistics<br />

common errors of interpretation,<br />

156–160<br />

descriptive, 43, 113, 142, 154,<br />

204<br />

inferential, 48, 154, 205<br />

terms, 201–210<br />

Statistical package for the social<br />

sciences (SPSS), 72, 149, 150, 198<br />

Stimulus, 7<br />

Student<br />

member of BPS, 172<br />

satisfaction survey, 93<br />

Students’, union 16, 20,<br />

Study groups, 125–126<br />

Styles of learning, 22<br />

Subjects see Participants<br />

Subject benchmark statement for<br />

psychology, 59, 216<br />

Summative assessment, 91–92<br />

Superego, 11<br />

Supervisions, 48–49<br />

Supervisor, 134–139<br />

Surfing the web, 80–82<br />

Sum (Σ), 209<br />

SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses,<br />

Opportunities, Threats) analysis,<br />

198<br />

Tables, 147–148, 152<br />

Teaching psychology in schools and<br />

colleges, 171, website<br />

Team work see Group work<br />

Tertium quid, 40, 156, 198<br />

Textbooks see Books<br />

Theory of mind (ToM) 3–4,<br />

TOMtips, 32, 36, 43, 51, 67, 95, 100,<br />

101, 112, 115, 116, 122, 138, 165,<br />

166, 199<br />

Thought experiment, 199<br />

Training see under particular area of<br />

psychology on website<br />

Trait theory, 199<br />

Transferable skills, 40, 175<br />

Tree diagram, 25<br />

see also Decision tree

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