Writing Papers in Psychology A Student Guide to Research Papers, Essays, Proposals, Posters, and Handouts (with InfoTrac)

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Edition: 7th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-02-28
Publisher(s): Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

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. This best-seller includes a wealth of information and has been updated to reflect the latest APA Style Manual.

Table of Contents

Preface for Instructors xvii
Getting Started
1(13)
Where to Begin
1(2)
Focusing on Your Objective
3(3)
Scheduling Time
6(3)
Choosing a Topic
9(1)
Narrowing the Topic
10(1)
Knowing Your Audience and Topic
11(1)
Cultivating an Understanding
12(2)
Finding and Using Reference Materials
14(18)
Defining the Problem
14(1)
Looking Over Maya's Shoulder
15(2)
Using the Online Catalog and Browsing the Stacks
17(5)
PsyclNFO, Psycarticles, Psycbooks, and Psycextra
22(3)
InfoTrac College Edition and the Web of Science
25(2)
Other Print Resources in the Library
27(1)
Taking Notes in the Library
28(1)
Source Credibility
29(1)
Additional Tips
30(1)
Library Etiquette
31(1)
Developing a Proposal
32(11)
Object of the Proposal
32(1)
The Literature Review Proposal
33(4)
The Research Proposal
37(5)
Ethical Considerations
42(1)
Tempus Fugit
42(1)
Planning the Research Report
43(9)
Three Broad Research Approaches
43(1)
The Basic Structure
44(1)
Abstract
45(1)
Introduction
45(1)
Method
46(2)
Results
48(1)
Discussion
49(1)
References
50(1)
End Material
50(1)
Organizing Your Thoughts
51(1)
Outlining the Review Paper
52(7)
Where to Start
52(1)
The Rough Outline
53(1)
Making Ideas Parallel
54(1)
Putting Ideas in Order
55(2)
Template for Writing and Note Taking
57(1)
Outlining After the Fact
57(2)
Communicating Statistical Information
59(14)
Four Guidelines: CAPE
59(2)
Reporting Results Clearly
61(2)
Reporting Results Accurately
63(2)
Reporting Results Precisely
65(1)
Reporting Enough Information
66(3)
Pentimento
69(1)
Annotated Readings
69(4)
Writing and Polishing
73(20)
Sorting Through Your Material
73(1)
The Self-Motivator Statement
74(1)
The Opening
75(1)
Settling Down to Write
76(1)
Ethics of Writing and Reporting
77(1)
Avoiding Plagiarism
78(2)
Lazy Writing
80(1)
Tone
81(1)
Nonsexist Language
82(1)
Voice
82(1)
Verb Tense
83(1)
Agreement of Subject and Verb
84(1)
Common Usage Errors
84(2)
Numerals
86(1)
More on Punctuation
87(3)
Punctuation in Quoted Passages
90(1)
Revising and Polishing
91(2)
Producing the Final Manuscript
93(21)
General Pointers
93(2)
Title Page Format
95(1)
Headings
96(1)
Italicizing
97(1)
Citations in Text
98(2)
Tables and Figures
100(2)
List of References
102(11)
Proofing and Correcting
113(1)
Crafting a Poster and a Concise Report
114(11)
Posters and Handout Reports
114(1)
Guidelines for the Poster
115(6)
Guidelines for the Concise Report
121(4)
Appendix A Jane Doe's Research Report 125(14)
Appendix B John Smith's Review Paper 139(18)
Index 157

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