In your psychology essay you show your critical thinking abilities and knowledge you gained at psychology classes.

Your essay is by no means a summary of facts. The main thing in it is a well- based argument. Since psychology offers us a lot of issues at stake you will have no difficulty finding a suitable topic for discussion in your essay.

Once you stated the controversy, your next step is identifying arguments and facts supporting each aspect of the problem. When selecting the proof for your arguments, don’t just accept someone else’s point of view. Your contribution to the question should be original.

A psychology essay usually starts with the abstract. It gives the reader general idea of the essay acquaints with the topic and presents the controversy.

Introduction serves as an exciting starting point of the essay. It includes: catch statement and thesis statement. The catch statement must capture the reader’s interest. In the introduction you will also give a definition to some terms used in the essay (see definition essay for more details on how it's done), and you will explain to the reader your strategy for defending your thesis.

The body paragraphs of your essay must provide a cohesive development of your argument. Each body paragraph consists of a topic sentence, evidence and the leading sentence. Topic sentence opens every section and invites the reader to the idea under discussion. With the help of the evidence you back up your position. The function of the leading sentence is to make smooth and logical transitions between the paragraphs. When composing your psychology essay you will use a great number of sources to get opinions, facts and other useful data. Remember every time you use information that is not your own, inform the reader about the origin and the author of this idea.

An effective psychology essay is impossible without a strong conclusion. Its aim is to show the reader that you have proved your argument. First, you should remind him/ her main points of the essay, then give a brief overview of your evidence and finally finish with a clear sentence, supporting your argument.