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Psychological Studies

Psychological Studies is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Psychological Studies rather than just read about it. In short: Psychological Studies is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Springer Science+Business Media. It is the official journal of the Indian National Academy of Psychology.

Key takeaways

Psychological Studies belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Psychological Studies to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Psychological Studies from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Psychological Studies is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Springer Science+Business Media. It is the official journal of the Indian National Academy of Psychology. The editor-in-chief is Purnima Singh (IIT Delhi). The special issue editor is Girishwar Misra (University of Delhi), who served as the editor-in-chief for 15 years through the end of 2015.

History The journal was established in 1956 and first published by the University of Mysore, with Bangalore Kuppuswamy as editor. It was published twice per year through 1987. Beginning in July, 1978, Psychological Studies was published through the University of Calicut, with M. A. Faroqi as editor. From 1988 through 2003, the journal was published triannually. In 1990, a UNESCO publication described Psychological Studies as important among Indian psychology journals published by university departments. In 1991, among journals operated by Indian psychologists to publish their research, Psychological Studies was noted as important. In 2000, the journal became the official journal of the National Academy of Psychology (India), which served as its publisher from 2004 to 2008. In 2002, Psychological Studies was one of four Indian psychology journals (out of 44 total) described as having international standards. Beginning in 2004, the journal began to be published quarterly. Starting in 2009, Psychological Studies is published by Springer India.

Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Indian Citation Index, Scopus, PsycINFO, and ProQuest databases.

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Psychological Studies

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Psychological Studies claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Psychological Studies before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Psychological Studies ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Psychological Studies

In research: Psychological Studies appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Psychological Studies in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Psychological Studies is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies of India, Academic journals established in 1956, English-language journals, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Psychological Studies outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Psychological Studies in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Psychological Studies means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Psychological Studies out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Psychological Studies in simple terms?

Psychological Studies is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Springer Science+Business Media. It is the official journal of the Indian National Academy of Psychology.

Why does Psychological Studies matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Psychological Studies?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Psychological Studies.