{"id":4089,"date":"2022-04-30T13:30:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T12:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/?p=4089"},"modified":"2022-05-04T10:38:42","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T09:38:42","slug":"psychology-exam-revision-and-stress-relief-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/2022\/04\/30\/psychology-exam-revision-and-stress-relief-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychology Exam Revision and Stress-Relief Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Exam term is upon us and we wanted to share with you some revision, exam-taking, and wellbeing tips to help you survive the season!\u00a0 While not exhaustive, this blog covers advice from Psychology alumni, staff, and current students!<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/files\/2022\/05\/pexels-katerina-holmes-5905493.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4094 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/files\/2022\/05\/pexels-katerina-holmes-5905493.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Revision:<\/strong><br \/>1. So commonly overlooked, but keep a clear note on when and where the exam is, as well as its exam formats. You don&#8217;t want all that revision to go to waste!<br \/>2. Work the way that works for you: whether it&#8217;s typed notes on google docs, handwritten revision cards, mind-maps; anything works!<br \/>3. Along with lecture notes, try to do some additional research to score higher- finding research that can answer multiple possible questions from a topic would be helpful.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">4. Make sure you know the key citations for super fundamental studies.<br \/>5. Try to come up with possible questions exams could ask and prepare outlines for those.<br \/>6. Go through the past papers given by your module convenors to test your knowledge and time management!<br \/>7. Need any more advice or clarification? Your academic advisors, module convenors, and lecturers are there to help you.\u00a0<br \/><br \/><strong>Exam-taking:<\/strong><br \/>1. Have a good night&#8217;s sleep and a good breakfast prior to the exam.<br \/>2. Review your key notes and areas before the exam itself. You can also relax and unwind to calm you down before the exam, if you prefer!<br \/>3. During the exam, read the question properly and fully comprehend what it wants you to do. Does it want you to &#8220;Discuss&#8221; or &#8220;Evaluate&#8221;? What are the key terms there?<br \/>4. Make sure you are critically evaluating evidence! This is a must in all Psychology exams.<br \/>5. Make sure you&#8217;re looking at the time and pacing yourself correctly! Leave some time before the end of the exam to go over your work.<br \/>6. Upon submission, ensure all details are correct (module code, exam number, etc.) and name the file according to instructions.<br \/>7. <em><strong>SUBMIT THE CORRECT FILE!<\/strong><\/em> With exams being online, this is imperative!<br \/><br \/><strong>Wellbeing tips:<\/strong><br \/>1. You can&#8217;t fill from an empty cup: taking breaks is important when revising. Breaks are important to ensure that you are learning effectively.<br \/>2. Time block certain durations\/hours of the day to revise. This allows you to still have time to do other things that make you happy \ud83d\ude42<br \/>3. If you have trouble focusing, you can try the Pomodoro technique (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/software\/tomato-timer\">there&#8217;s many timers online<\/a>), or other similar attention techniques.<br \/>4. Try to move your body once a day! Whether it&#8217;s a nice walk, a dance class, a workout; all movement is good movement. <br \/>5. Continue to pursue your hobbies to destress, and continue to make plans to socialise with your friends!<br \/>6. Make sure you are staying hydrated and eating nutritiously- eating well is not only important for your general health and brain health, but helps you feel a lot better overall.<br \/>7. If you are struggling with your wellbeing during this exam season, contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/student-support\">Kent&#8217;s Student Support &amp; Wellbeing services <\/a>who have lots of resources.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exam term is upon us and we wanted to share with you some revision, exam-taking, and wellbeing tips to help you survive the season!\u00a0 While &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/2022\/04\/30\/psychology-exam-revision-and-stress-relief-tips\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76369,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4089"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4089"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4102,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4089\/revisions\/4102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}