Take sufficient class notes: these need not be lengthy, but merely enough to jog your memory about what went on in class. It’s also a good idea to date each set of lecture notes, to be able to keep track of the sequence of the topics learnt.

Ask questions: if something is unclear during a lecture, just ask for that clarification, if a big lecture hall intimidates you just wait until after the lecture and go up and ask the lecturer in person; most lecturers are more than happy to answer- it’s better to understand something properly the first time than to leave a lecture confused.

Read the relevant chapters: most lecturers will tell you what these are at the beginning of the course-credit, reading will help reinforce what went on in your lectures and might illustrate certain points better.

Summarise: your text books will have quite a bit of information which is impossible to cram into your head for an exam, most have an end-of-chapter- summary, which is useful to revise from and provide the gist of content.

Get to know and study according to your learning style: learning styles are means by which we best receive and store information; the main learning styles are visual, audio and kinetic. Getting to know your learning style, and using it to study, can be very useful.

Study in a comfortable environment: some people prefer quiet, others are fine in the noisiest of places. Find the place in which you feel you can really work and stick to it.

Help each other: Psychology honours students usually amount to approximately 90 a year, with psychology arts students joining lectures for most of first year. This means that there’ll be several interpretations of lectures to go round, many ideas to share and tons of suggestions and pointers that you can give and receive. As a group you’ll be together for at least 3 years, so befriending your course mates and helping each other when needed will more than likely increase your chances of being successful.