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"Writing and communication skills are invaluable tools for both students and professionals in the field of psychology. The new edition of this successful text helps users to generate crisp scientific communication, offering clear guidelines on effective writing, and illustrating how to generate strong and compelling prose. The book aids students, writers, and speakers at all levels by guiding them at every stage of the process. In a practical and accessible way, the authors teach readers how to form concise, unambiguous arguments, document their sources, and render technical information clear and comprehensible. Incorporating the latest writing guidelines found in the sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, this new edition: Offers an understanding of why APA style is important. Includes a chapter on conducting a literature search, to guide students through databases, keywords, sources, and connections between articles. Offers tips on creating poster presentations, giving talks, writing for the Internet, and making presentations to institutional review boards (IRBs). Provides a separate section on how to communicate statistics. Incorporates a new section on using the Internet to present research papers"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Writing in Psychology
• Writing in Psychology
• How Does Psychological Writing Differ from Other Kinds of Writing?
• Using APA Style
• Making a Credible Argument
• Different Types of Communication
• Effective Communication
• How to Begin
• pt. I Organizing and Developing Your Ideas and Writing
• 2. Formulating Your Ideas
• Identifying Your Focal Question
• Locating Relevant Sources
• Recognizing Multiple Viewpoints
• Ethical Writing
• 3. Assessing Your Sources
• Difference between Primary and Secondary Literature
• Difference between Popular and Scholarly Sources
• Evaluating Sources
• Evaluating Internet Sources
• 4. How to Conduct a Literature Search

• Understanding Library Resources
• Using Article Databases
• Using the Internet
• Using Sources to Find Sources
• 5. How to Read and Summarize a Journal Article
• Overview of the Research
• -the Abstract
• Identifying the Issues
• -the Introduction
• Understanding What Was Done
• -the Method Section
• What Happened
• -the Results Section
• What It Means
• -the Discussion Section
• Where the Ideas Originated
• -the References Section
• Figuring Out What It Means
• 6. Organizing a Paper
• Organization
• Using the Work of Others to Support Your Argument
• Editing and Revising
• Mechanics
• 7. Elements of Style
• Recognizing the Importance of Grammar and Style
• Choosing Effective Wording
• Using Inclusive and Appropriate Language
• Deciding on the Use of Technical Language
• Avoiding Common Problems
• Verb Forms
• Spelling
• Specific Word Use
• 8. Communicating Statistics
• Why Do We Use Statistics?
• What Point Are You Trying to Make?
• Understanding Your Numbers
• Helping Readers Understand Your Statistics
• Differentiating Results and Interpretations
• pt. II Preparing APA Format Papers
• 9. Writing a Thesis or a Term Paper
• Developing Your Idea
• Organizing Your Paper Around the Central Questions
• Finding Different Perspectives About Your Idea
• Developing the Logic of Your Argument
• 10. Introduction Section
• Introducing the Topic
• Different Approaches to Starting the Introduction
• How to Begin
• Reviewing the Literature
• Reasons for Reviewing the Literature
• Clarifying Terms in the Research
• Introducing Your Research: Generating a Hypothesis
• 11. Method Section
• Participants and Subjects
• Materials and Apparatus
• Procedure
• Design
• 12. Results Section
• Your Hypotheses
• Deciding What to Present
• Reporting Significant and Nonsignificant Results
• Marginally Significant Effects
• APA Style and Presentation of Your Results
• Creating Tables
• Creating Figures
• Connection between the Text and the Tables and Figures
• Difference between Results and Discussion Sections
• Some Final Points About Presenting Results
• 13. Discussion Section
• Summarizing Your Results
• Connecting Different Aspects of Your Results
• Dealing with Nonsignificant Results
• Comparing Your Results with Those of Others
• Stating the Importance and Implications of Your Results
• Acknowledging the Limitations of Your Study
• 14. References Citations in the Text and the Reference List
• Citing References in the Text
• Citing Sources with Three to Five Authors
• Citing Sources with Six or More Authors
• Citing Personal Communications
• Citing Multiple Sources within Parentheses
• Order of Citations in the Reference List
• Using Your Word Processing Program to Create the Citation
• Examples of How Different Types of References Should Be Laid Out
• 15. Final Touches: The Abstract and Formatting Details
• Abstract
• Formatting Details
• pt. III Communicating Beyond the Research Paper
• 16. Creating Poster Presentations
• Differentiating Visual and Written Communication
• Reducing the Amount of Information
• Visual Style
• Your Behavior: The Ethic of a Poster Session
• Creating Your Poster Using PowerPoint®
• 17. Giving Oral Presentations
• Difference between Oral and Written English
• Adapting APA Style to Oral Presentations
• Preparing for Your Talk
• Creating Graphics for Your Presentation
• Giving the Presentation
• 18. Presenting Your Work on the Internet
• New Capabilities with Internet Publication
• Using a Word Processor to Create Manuscripts for the Internet
• Advantages of Internet Publishing Software
• Publishing Your Poster on the Web
• Uploading Your Manuscript to the Internet
• 19. Submitting Your Plan to an Ethics Committee
• Ethical Standards in Research
• Writing a Proposal for an Institutional Review Board for Research with Human Subjects
• Writing a Proposal for the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) for Animal Research.

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Author/Creator:

Beins, Bernard

Contributors:

Beins, Agatha, 1976-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Effective writing in psychology: papers, posters, and presentations [by Beins, B.]

Subjects:

Psychology — Authorship

Psychology

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-284) and indexes.
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

BF76.7 .B45 2012

ISBNs:

9781118242193 (electronic bk.)
111824219X (electronic bk.)
9780470671245 [Invalid]
0470671246 [Invalid]
9780470672440 [Invalid]
0470672447 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

782918143

Other Control Numbers:

443319 (source: EbpS)
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