Test Yourself: Developmental Psychology
Learning through assessment
- Penney Upton - University of Worcester, UK
- Dominic Upton - University of Worcester, UK
The book includes over 200 multiple-choice and extended multiple-choice questions, carefully designed to assess depth of knowledge. At the end of each chapter sample essay questions are provided, along with further guidance, to complement the multiple-choice questions and further test understanding. In addition, information is provided to help students make sense of their results and identify strengths and weaknesses.
Like- original, only test yourself book I have come across. Well designed inside, good price. Dislike- N/A.
Useful test stock to link to lecturing in accessible way. Some quotations seem idiosyncratic to author's approach.
Great resource for students. Good variety of MCQ questions.
This book has been recommended for supplemental reading on the developmental module at undergraduate level. I found it a very useful source that I feel will help those students wishing to test their understanding and therefore supplement the lecture and test materials used at the university
I was hoping they would be useful as a stand-alone resource for 1st/2nd year and I think they will do that to some extent as some of the question will not have been covered in the lectures and textbooks that they have been reading. We will order some of these for the library I think and advise the students that study groups would find these very useful as well as individuals for study
This is an excellent idea for learning about developmental psychology. The author orients the reader clearly and the organisation of the material flows and builds around a deep knowledge of the subject.
I feel this text could be used as a support and encouragement of wider reading.
This book is an excellent resource for those students embarking on Psychology for the first time as an undergraduate.
It was rather clear and useful. I like the variety of MCQ styles but I thought they were a bit easy.
These texts are next to useless for students. Staff will nick the odd question but that's about it. Unlike A Levels there is no standard curriculum and so giving students questions that they cannot answer except by reading outside of the areas that they are being taught. The texts are not a good idea unless they are supported by a text that has closely mapped chapters. Further ..... too much of the book is made up of mcq .... at HE we are trying to get students to develop argument rather than knowing fact - I won't be recommending them!
