Psychology Graduate School: Year One Survival Guide

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Students entering their first year of psychology graduate school need to know that anything worth having requires effort.

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Graduate study in psychology takes a lot of mental fortitude, as it is a world beyond undergrad programs.

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Preparing for psychology graduate school is a mental exercise, as the graduate learner must understand time management and proactive learning to succeed.

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Managing Time Completing psychology graduate school should be about thriving by truly learning the foundations of psychology, which is imperative to becoming a practicing professional.
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Graduate learning requires much more reading, comprehension and critical thinking.

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To be able to treat patients and practice psychology effectively, a graduate student must make an effort to internalize these studies, and also have a firm handle on statistics, research design and treatment practices.

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A motivated first year psychology student needs to create a study plan, keep a thorough to-do list and stay on top of readings and assignments.

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Proactive Learning A successful psychology student should be a proactive learner, always looking for information in various sources.

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In this way, a graduate student gets the most out of his or her reading materials, committing them to memory and internalizing the content – something that is very important in the field of psychology.

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Researcher Edgar Dale theorized that we retain only a minimal percentage of the information that we see, read or hear. But we retain up to 90% of the information that we interact with or teach.

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In addition to actively reading, psychology graduate school students need to be able to find sources and critically evaluate them.

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Also, it is important to keep a list of all sources that are read throughout a graduate program, with brief summaries of each one. This helps the psychology student build an information library, one which he or she can draw upon in future contexts.

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Having a great first year With proper mental preparation and time management, graduate education can be exciting and interesting.

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A psychology graduate school student, who proactively seeks information and looks at things with a critical eye, will find the first year an invaluable learning experience.

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