Writing Papers in Psychology A Student Guide

by Rosnow, Ralph L.; Rosnow, Mimi

• ISBN13: 9780534529758
• ISBN10: 0534529755
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-30
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

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

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	(2)
Scheduling Time	6	(3)
Choosing a Topic	9	(1)
Shaping the Topic	10	(1)
Knowing Your Audience and Topic	11	(1)
Cultivating a Sense of Understanding	12	(2)
Finding and Using Reference Materials	14	(23)
Using the Library	14	(1)
Looking Over Eric's Shoulder	15	(4)
How Material is Cataloged	19	(2)
The Library Stacks	21	(2)
Using Reference Sources	23	(3)
PsycINFO, PsycLIT, and Psychological Abstracts	26	(2)
Social Sciences Citation index	28	(5)
The Fugitive Literature	33	(1)
Taking Notes in the Library	34	(1)
Additional Tips	35	(1)
Library Etiquette	36	(1)
Drafting the Proposal	37	(12)
Purpose of the Proposal	37	(1)
The Essay Proposal	38	(1)
The Research Proposal	38	(1)
Ethical Considerations	38	(10)
Tempus Fugit	48	(1)
Organizing the Essay	49	(6)
Where to Start	49	(1)
Making Ideas Parallel	50	(1)
Putting Ideas in Order	51	(1)
Template for Writing and Note Taking	52	(1)
Outlining After the Fact	53	(2)
Planning the Research Report	55	(7)
The Basic Structure	55	(1)
Abstract	56	(1)
Introduction	56	(1)
Method	57	(1)
Results	58	(1)
Discussion	59	(1)
References	60	(1)
End Material	60	(1)
Organizing Your Thoughts	61	(1)
Writing and Revising	62	(16)
Sorting Through Your Material	62	(1)
The Self-Motivator Statement	63	(1)
The Opening	63	(2)
Settling Down to Write	65	(1)
Ethics of Writing and Reporting	66	(1)
Avoiding Plagiarism	67	(1)
Lazy Writing	68	(1)
Tone	69	(1)
Nonsexist Language	69	(1)
Voice	70	(1)
Verb Tense	70	(1)
Agreement of Subject and Verb	71	(1)
Common Usage Errors	71	(2)
Numerals	73	(1)
Punctuation	73	(2)
Quotations	75	(2)
Revising	77	(1)
Producing the Final Draft	78	(17)
General Pointers	78	(1)
Title Page Format	79	(1)
Headings	80	(2)
Underlining	82	(1)
Citations in Text	83	(2)
Tables and Figures	85	(2)
List of References	87	(6)
Proofing and Correcting	93	(2)
Appendix A Sample Essay	95	(18)
Appendix B Sample Experimental Research Report	113	(16)
Appendix C Sample Archival Research Report	129	(18)
Index	147