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This accessible and invaluable workbook-style reference guide written by Lenore T. Szuchman will help students smoothly make the transition from writing for composition classes to writing for psychology classes.

Preface

xi

About the Author

xvii

Introduction: The Lay People and You

1

(8)

Scientific Psychology

2

(2)

How to Use This Book

4

(1)

Ethics in Writing

5

(3)

A Word of Warning

8

(1)

Some Generalizations About How Psychologists Write

9

(16)

Referring to Other Authors

9

(2)

Words and Phrases to Collect

11

(6)

Words and Phrases to Avoid

17

(8)

Preparing the Introduction Section and the Literature Review Paper

25

(14)

What Was Done and Why

26

(5)

Literature Review

31

(5)

When the Literature Review Is the Paper

36

(3)

Preparing the Method Section

39

(16)

Organization

40

(1)

Participants

41

(5)

Apparatus

46

(2)

Materials

48

(2)

Procedure

50

(3)

Remember Your Audience

53

(1)

A Few Words About Animals

54

(1)

Preparing the Results Section

55

(14)

Statistics

56

(6)

Tables and Graphs

62

(4)

Useful Rules

66

(3)

Preparing the Discussion Section

69

(12)

First Part--Inevitable

70

(2)

Second Part--Creative

72

(4)

Third Part--Confessional

76

(2)

Verb Tense

78

(3)

Preparing the Abstract

81

(8)

Contents

83

(2)

Style

85

(4)

Preparing the References Section

89

(10)

Typing Hints

90

(1)

Journal Article Reference

90

(2)

Chapter in an Edited Book

92

(1)

An Authored Book

93

(1)

Electronic References

94

(1)

Alphabetizing

95

(1)

References in the Body of the Manuscript

96

(3)

Preparing a Title Page and Formatting Your Manuscript

99

(6)

Writing a Title

100

(2)

The Parts of the Title Page

102

(2)

Formatting

104

(1)

Grooming Tips for Psychology Papers

105

(12)

Parallel Construction

106

(2)

Half-Empty Comparisons

108

(1)

Agreement Between Subject and Verb

108

(1)

Agreement Between Noun and Pronoun

109

(1)

Run-on Sentence or Comma Splice

110

(2)

Colons With Lists

112

(1)

Comma Before and (and Sometimes or)

113

(1)

Comma When You Need a Breath

114

(1)

Important Differences Between People and Things

114

(3)

Preparing a Poster Presentation

117

(8)

What Is a Poster Session?

118

(1)

Preparing the Poster

119

(4)

Preparing Yourself

123

(2)

APPENDIX Wrapping It Up

125

(8)

First Rewrite

126

(3)

Second Rewrite

129

(1)

Third Inspection--Not a Rewrite

130

(1)

Final Touches

131

(2)

References

133

(2)

Index

135

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