Key Terms for (Psychological) Essay Writing
Close
Account for
Analyse
Assess
Compare
Contrast
Compare and contrast
Criticise
Define
Describe
Discuss
Distinguish or differentiate
Evaluate
Examine the argument that...
Explain
How far...
Illustrate
Justify
Outline
State
Summarise
Apply
Claims
Coexist
Cognitive
Complement
Conflict
Description
Epistemology
Evidence
Evaluate
Implications
Interpret
Notes
Paradigm
Perspective
Process
Read, heard, seen or touched
Reasoned arguments
Synthesize
Think more deeply
Thinking skills
Understand
