Writing Papers in Psychology

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Edition: 6th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-06-20
Publisher(s): Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

For more than a decade, this brief, inexpensive, and easy to use "how-to" manual has helped thousands of students in psychology and related fields with the task of writing term papers and reports. Now even more up to date, this best seller includes a wealth of information and has been updated to reflect the latest APA Style Manual.

Table of Contents

Getting Started
1(13)
Where to Begin
1(1)
Focusing on Your Objective
2(1)
Three Types of Essays
3(1)
Three Types of Research Reports
4(1)
Scheduling Time
5(2)
Choosing a Topic
7(2)
Narrowing the Topic
9(2)
Knowing Your Audience and Topic
11(1)
Cultivating an Understanding
12(2)
Finding and using Reference Materials
14(19)
Using the Library
14(4)
Looking Over Eric's Shoulder
18(4)
Using the Automated Card Catalog
22(2)
Using Other Electronic Databases
24(2)
Other Resources in the Library
26(1)
SSCI and the Web of Science
27(1)
The Fugitive Literature
27(2)
Taking Notes in the Library
29(1)
Source Credibility
30(1)
Additional Tips
31(1)
Library Etiquette
32(1)
Developing a Proposal
33(11)
Purpose of the Proposal
33(1)
The Essay Proposal
34(4)
The Research Proposal
38(1)
Ethical Considerations
38(5)
Tempus Fugit
43(1)
Outlining the Essay
44(7)
Where to Start
44(1)
The Rough Outline
45(1)
Making Ideas Parallel
46(1)
Putting Ideas in Order
47(1)
Template for Writing and Note Taking
48(1)
Outlining After the Fact
49(2)
Planning the Research Report
51(8)
The Basic Structure
51(1)
Abstract
52(1)
Introduction
52(1)
Method
53(1)
Results
54(2)
Discussion
56(1)
References
57(1)
End Material
57(1)
Organizing Your Thoughts
58(1)
Writing and Revising
59(20)
Sorting through Your Material
59(1)
The Self-Motivation Statement
60(1)
The Opening
61(1)
Settling Down to Write
62(1)
Ethics of Writing and Reporting
63(1)
Avoiding Plagiarism
64(2)
Lazy Writing
66(1)
Tone
67(1)
Nonsexist Language
67(1)
Voice
68(1)
Verb Tense
69(1)
Agreement of Subject and Verb
69(1)
Common Usage Errors
70(2)
Numerals
72(1)
Move on Punctuation
73(3)
Punctuation in Quoted Passages
76(1)
Revising
77(2)
Producing the Final Draft
79(21)
General Pointers
79(2)
Title Page Format
81(1)
Headings
82(1)
Italicizing
83(1)
Citations in Text
84(2)
Tables and Figures
86(2)
List of References
88(11)
Proofing and Correcting
99(1)
Creating Posters and Brief Reports
100(11)
Posters and Handout Reports
100(1)
Guidelines for the Poster
101(3)
Guidelines for the Handout
104(7)
Appendix A Sample Essay 111(18)
Appendix B Sample Research Report 129(18)
Index 147

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