Writing with Style APA Style Made Easy (with InfoTrac)

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Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-08-07
Publisher(s): Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

This accessible and invaluable workbook-style reference guide will help your students smooth the transition from writing for composition classes to writing for psychology classes. Author Lenore T. Szuchman quickly and succinctly provides the basics of APA style in Writing with Style. Szuchman's years of experience teaching writing-intensive courses give her an inside track on the trouble spots students often encounter when writing papers and dealing with APA style. The unique workbook format offers both a quick reference to APA style and interactive exercises that give students a chance to practice what they've learned. They'll be encouraged to use already published articles as models, so they're introduced to journal sources in a nonthreatening way. And Szuchman pinpoints the kinds of errors that are often made, followed by suggested solutions.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Lay People and You
1(10)
Scientific Psychology
2(2)
How to Use This Book
4(2)
Ethics in Writing
6(3)
A Word of Warning
9(2)
Some Generalizations about How Psychologists Write
11(16)
Referring to Other Authors
12(2)
Words and Phrases to Collect
14(6)
Words and Phrases to Avoid
20(7)
Studying the Introduction Section
27(12)
What Was Done and Why
28(6)
Literature Review
34(5)
Studying the Method Section
39(18)
Organization
40(1)
Participants
41(7)
Apparatus
48(1)
Materials
49(3)
Procedure
52(3)
Remember Your Audience
55(2)
Studying the Results Section
57(12)
Statistics
58(9)
Useful Rules
67(2)
Studying the Discussion Section
69(14)
First Part
71(2)
Second Part
73(3)
Third Part
76(4)
Verb Tense
80(3)
Studying the Abstract
83(10)
Contents
85(4)
Style
89(4)
Preparing the References Section
93(8)
Typing Hints
94(1)
Alphabetizing
95(1)
Journal Article Reference
96(1)
Chapter in an Edited Book
97(2)
An Authored Book
99(1)
References in the Body of the Manuscript
99(2)
Preparing a Title Page
101(8)
Writing a Title
102(2)
The Parts of the Title Page
104(2)
Advice about Typing
106(3)
``Grooming'' Tips for Psychology Papers
109(12)
Parallel Construction
110(2)
Half-Empty Comparisons
112(1)
Agreement between Subject and Verb
113(1)
Agreement between Noun and Pronoun
114(1)
Run-On Sentence or Comma Splice
115(2)
Colons with Lists
117(1)
Comma before and (and Sometimes or)
118(1)
Comma When You Need a Breath
119(1)
Important Differences between People and Things
120(1)
Preparing a Poster Presentation
121(8)
What Is a Poster Session?
122(1)
Preparing the Poster
123(4)
Preparing Yourself
127(2)
Wrapping It Up
129(8)
First Rewrite
129(4)
Second Rewrite
133(1)
Third Inspection---Not a Rewrite
134(1)
Final Touches
135(2)
Reference 137(2)
Index 139

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