How To Write in Psychology A Student Guide

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ISBN: 9781405156943 | 1405156945
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Copyright: 10/13/2008

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Through the use of clearly defined instructions and examples, How to Write in Psychology is a concise and comprehensive guide for the well-prepared student on the principles of writing essays and research papers for psychology. Presents everything the well-prepared student needs to know about the principles and practice of writing for psychology Compares and contrasts the different writing requirements and techniques for essays and research reports in psychology Offers advice on constructing figures and producing properly formatted graphs and tables Includes exercises to improve grammar, style, and critical awareness Provides checklists, tips for getting started, and examples of a properly written essay and lab report

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Introduction	p. xii
Some Preliminaries	p. 1
Essays and Lab Reports	p. 1
The Importance of Preparation	p. 4
How Psychologists Write	p. 6
The Case for Writing Up Using the Computer	p. 9
The Case for Writing Up on Paper	p. 10
Starting to Write: Ten Ways to Get You on Your Way	p. 11
Chapter Summary	p. 13
Writing the Essay	p. 15
The Minimalist Approach	p. 15
The Value of Effort and Motivation	p. 16
Tools for Writing	p. 17
Methods of Collecting Information from Published Sources	p. 17
The Planning Stage	p. 21
Paragraphing and Planning the Essay Structure	p. 28
The Topic and the Thesis of the Essay	p. 33
Putting Yourself into Your Writing	p. 35
Developing an Argument in an Essay	p. 37
The Editing Process and its Interaction with Writing	p. 38
Chapter Summary	p. 40
Preliminaries to Writing the Lab Report	p. 42
Hypotheses and Variables	p. 42
Hypotheses, Theories, Models and Laws	p. 43
Formulating Hypotheses for Yourself	p. 47
Experimental Controls	p. 49
Effect Size, Sample Size and Statistical Power	p. 51
The Ethos of Psychology	p. 53
Ethical Conduct	p. 58
Chapter Summary	p. 59
Writing the Quantitative Lab Report	p. 61
The Title	p. 62
Method	p. 62
Participants	p. 62
Apparatus and Materials	p. 66
Design	p. 70
Procedure	p. 70
Results	p. 73
Introduction	p. 75
Discussion	p. 78
Conclusion	p. 81
Abstract	p. 81
References and Appendices	p. 82
The Relative Length of the Different Sections	p. 83
Exploratory Studies	p. 85
Chapter Summary	p. 85
Writing the Qualitative Research Report	p. 88
Grounded Theory	p. 89
Writing the Report Itself	p. 90
Introduction	p. 90
Method	p. 91
Results	p. 93
Discussion	p. 94
Final Remarks	p. 96
Chapter Summary	p. 96
Presenting Numbers, Tables and Figures	p. 98
How to Present Numbers	p. 98
Should I Use a Table, a Graph or Just Put the Data in the Text?	p. 103
How to Present a Table	p. 104
How to Construct a Table Using Word	p. 105
How to Present a Figure	p. 108
How to Produce Figures in Excel	p. 111
Chapter Summary	p. 116
Writing the Project	p. 118
Planning the Study	p. 118
Writing Up the Project	p. 122
Comparing the Project and Short Report	p. 123
Revising Your Writing	p. 125
Chapter Summary	p. 128
Writing for Exams and Answering MCQs	p. 129
Preparation for Essay Exams	p. 129
The Essay Exam - In the Exam Room	p. 132
Ten Points to Consider for a Multiple-choice Exam	p. 137
Contrasts Between the Two Kinds of Exams	p. 140
Chapter Summry	p. 141
Writing for Other Purposes	p. 143
Writing to Recruit Participants and Writing Letters to Organisations	p. 143
Giving Instructions About Your Experiment	p. 146
Debriefing After an Experiment	p. 147
The Wording and Other Aspects of Questionnaire Construction	p. 148
Chapter Summary	p. 153
Attention to Detail: More on APA Formatting, Especially References	p. 155
Writing the List of References	p. 155
How to Reference Citations in the Body of the Text	p. 164
Punctuation (including Hyphens, Quotes and Quotation Marks)	p. 167
Font Style (Bold, Italics and Capitalisation)	p. 177
Abbreviations	p. 180
Some Basics of Grammar and Common Confusions	p. 182
A-Z Guide to Grammar and Common Confusions	p. 183
Improve Your Editing Skills	p. 199
Exercises in Proofreading and Making Corrections	p. 199
Abstract	p. 199
Introduction	p. 200
End Part of the Introduction	p. 208
Method	p. 209
Results	p. 210
Discussion	p. 212
The Essay	p. 212
References	p. 214
Concluding Remarks	p. 214
An Example Student Essay	p. 216
An EXample Student Quantitative Lab Report	p. 223
References	p. 234
Index	p. 237
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