Writing with Style APA Style Made Easy (with InfoTrac),9780534572419

Writing with Style APA Style Made Easy (with InfoTrac)

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780534572419
ISBN10: 0534572413
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-08-03
Publisher(s): Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

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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