The Psychology Major: Career Options and Strategies for Success

by R. Eric Landrum, Stephen F. Davis

Landrum/Davis provides strategies for success that will allow students to achieve their career goals, whatever they may be. The authors provide fundamental tips and advice that can be useful to all students, but especially useful for psychology majors. The approach of this book is applied€”to provide students with practical, timely, up-to-date information. This text standardizes and catalogs much of the practical advice that professors often give to students€”providing tips on how to do well in all classes, how to find research ideas, and how to write papers in general APA format. Also, the book contains up-to-date career information that faculty might not normally have at their fingertips, including the latest salary figures for a number of psychology-related jobs and occupations. Other benefits include the coverage of ethics for undergraduate students, sections on self-reflection, and an ove

Genres: Psychology, School

216 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1999

About the author

Ronald Eric Landrum is a professor of psychology at Boise State University.

Reviews

[Gloria Byrd · Rating 2 out of 5]

Most of this was either common sense or citations. Why this book was so expensive, especially for a DIGITAL edition, I don’t understand. I can’t believe I had to pay so much for this required text in a 1-credit course. Furthermore, it was very short and cost almost the same as my other textbooks that are 3x the length.

[Peym]

Reread chapter 10 later.

[Nathan Hale · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a great book that taught me a lot about the psychology major, as well as internships, resumes, etc.