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Table of Contents

PREFACE xiii

1–WRITING ABOUT PSYCHOLOGY 1

Writing as a Process 1

Why Write, Anyway? 2

Forms of Writing in Psychology 5

Student Papers 6

Introducing APA Style 7

Planning Your Writing: Timing Is Everything 8

Answering a Test Question 9

Writing a Paper 11

A Basic Timeline 11

Writing Habits 11

Exercises 12

2–SEARCHING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL LITERATURE 13

Selecting a Research Topic 13

Maintaining a Research Notebook 15

Narrowing Your Focus 16

Process Overview: Searching the Psychological

Literature 19

Doing Library Research 20

A Brief Guide to Reference Works in Psychology 20

Using Online Catalogs 24

Psychology Online: Using Databases 25

Searching the Internet 28

Search and Metasearch 29

Other Internet Resources 31

Using the Internet: Caveat Emptor 32

Keeping Track of References 34

Logging References in a Working Bibliography 34

Exercises 36

3–READING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL LITERATURE 37

The Scientific Pecking Order: Why Journals

Are First 38

How to Read and Evaluate the Literature 39

How to Read a Journal Article 40

Skimming: Doing a Quick Prereading 42

Taking Notes on What You Read 45

Using Notecards 45

Using a Research Notebook 46

Recognizing and Preventing Plagiarism 46

A Plagiarism-Awareness Exercise 48

One More Word of Advice 51

Exercises 52

4–GETTING STARTED WRITING 53

Getting Started: Prewriting Activities 55

Freewriting 56

Outlining 58

Writing a First Draft 63

Trick Drafts: Starting with the Roughest Draft 64

Writing a Hypothesis and Composing Paragraphs 65

A Recommended Order for Drafting APA-Style Papers 67

Writing Subsequent Drafts 69

Three Issues to Consider 69

Suggestions for Further Improvement 71

How Many Drafts? 72

Revising: Top to Bottom Every Time 73

Revisiting a Draft 74

Seeking Feedback 77

Professor, Peer, or Writing Center? 77

How to (Graciously) Receive Feedback 78

How to (Graciously) Give Feedback 79

Exercises 80

5–WRITING APA-STYLE PAPERS: CONTENT

AND GUIDANCE 81

Benefits of APA Style 81

Bem’s Hourglass Model for Empirical Writings 82

Writing the Empirical, or Research, Paper

in APA Style 82

Title 82

Abstract 85

Introduction 88

Method 93

Results 98

Discussion 99

References 102

Tables and Figures 102

Appendix 103

Author Note 103

A Sample Research Paper 104

Writing an Article Critique 116

Writing a Research Proposal 116

Writing a Literature Review Paper 117

Writing a Theory Paper 119

Exercises 119

6–WRITING UP RESULTS 121

Conveying Statistical Results in Words 121

Starting with a Hypothetical Research Result 121

Organizing the Results Section 125

Reflecting Further on Your Results 128

New APA Guidelines on Statistical Methods 128

Meaning Before Numbers: The MAGIC Criteria 130

Exercises 131

7–CITING REFERENCES IN APA STYLE 132

Citations and References 132

Learning the Psychological Literature by Reading

References Sections 133

Basic Citation Mechanics 134

Citing References Within Text 134

Quoting and Paraphrasing 136

Citing Secondary Sources 142

Formats for APA-Style References 143

Journal Articles 144

Books 145

Edited Books 146

Chapters in Edited Books 146

Magazine or Newspaper Articles 144

Presentations at Professional Meetings

or Conferences 147

Electronic (Online) Sources 147

Reviews 149

Personal Communications 149

Letters to the Editor 149

Dissertations and Master’s Theses 149

Unpublished Manuscripts or Data 150

Exercises 152

8–DISPLAYING DATA IN TABLES AND FIGURES 153

Tables 153

Constructing a Table 154

Figures 157

Constructing a Figure 159

Exercises 162

9–FORMATTING AND PROOFREADING YOUR PAPER 163

Grammar Guidelines 163

Punctuation Basics 167

Some Common Usage Errors in Student Writing 170

Checking Your Spelling 172

Checking Your Writing Voice: Be Active,

Not Passive 173

Using Inclusive Language 174

Gender and Sex 176

Race and Ethnicity 178

Guidelines for Formatting in APA Style 178

Title Page 179

Page Numbering 180

Headings and Subheadings 180

Quickly Checking a Paper’s Format 181

Proofreading the Penultimate Draft: Once More

with Feeling 181

Exercises 185

10–BEYOND WRITING: PRESENTING PSYCHOLOGICAL

RESEARCH 186

The Call for Papers 186

Understanding Call Types and Requirements 187

Knowing Your Audience 189

The Talk 191

Outlining a Talk 192

Preparing Overheads, Slides, and Handouts 193

Computer-Aided Presentations 193

Practice, Practice, Practice 195

Giving the Talk: Be a Pro, Avoid the Cons 195

Symposia: Talks in Common 199

Student Symposia 199

Poster Presentations 200

Knowing What to Expect 201

Creating a Poster: Less Is More–and More

Is a Bore 202

Return to Writing: Submitting Your Research

to a Journal 205

Student Journals 206

Professional Journals 206

Submission, Peer Review, and Editorial Decision:

A Process Outline 208

Patience, Patience, Patience 210

Exercises 211

APPENDIX–SOME JOURNALS IN PSYCHOLOGY 212

REFERENCES 214

CREDITS 220

INDEX 223

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