| |
| |
Preface | |
| |
| |
Introduction | |
| |
| |
| |
Why Psychology Students (and Not Just English Majors) Have to Write | |
| |
| |
Telling a Good Story With Scientific Information: Can It Be Done? | |
| |
| |
Why Do We Tell the Scientific Story? | |
| |
| |
Types of Assignments | |
| |
| |
Meeting Audience Needs: What Is the Instructor Asking for? | |
| |
| |
Why APA Style and Format Exist | |
| |
| |
| |
Starting Your Paper: Finding the Thread of Your Story | |
| |
| |
Selecting a Topic | |
| |
| |
Developing a Thesis Statement or a Research Question | |
| |
| |
Uncovering the Backstory, Part 1: Your Library Search Strategy | |
| |
| |
What Sources Are Allowed? | |
| |
| |
| |
Extracting the Useful Nuggets From a Literature Search | |
| |
| |
Uncovering the Backstory, Part 2: Primary and Secondary Sources | |
| |
| |
Evaluating Sources | |
| |
| |
Which Information Is Most Pertinent? | |
| |
| |
Keeping Track of Ideas | |
| |
| |
Keeping Track of Sources | |
| |
| |
Alternate Methods of Recording and Using Research Notes | |
| |
| |
| |
How to Write Your Psychology Paper With Style: General Tips | |
| |
| |
Why Instructors Like to Read Stylish Papers | |
| |
| |
Audience Approval Meter: Ask What You Are Being Graded On | |
| |
| |
Telling and Retelling Your Story: Drafting, Editing, Revising, and Proofreading | |
| |
| |
How to Avoid Plagiarism With Style and Good Academic Citizenship | |
| |
| |
Quiz Yourself on APA Style | |
| |
| |
| |
Bringing the Audience Up to Speed With Literature Reviews | |
| |
| |
Literature Reviews Provide Story Context | |
| |
| |
Guiding Principles for Writing Literature Reviews | |
| |
| |
Reassembling Pieces of the Story: Synthesis | |
| |
| |
Organizing a Literature Review | |
| |
| |
Sample Literature Review | |
| |
| |
| |
Telling an Original Story Through a Research Paper | |
| |
| |
Set the Tone: Introduction and Sample | |
| |
| |
Total Transparency: Method Section and Sample | |
| |
| |
What Happened, but Not Why: Results Section and Sample | |
| |
| |
Explain and Question Again: Discussion Section and Sample | |
| |
| |
| |
The Rest of the Story: Title, Abstract, References, and Tables | |
| |
| |
Titles and Abstracts for Posterity's Sake | |
| |
| |
References: Your Paper's Pedigree | |
| |
| |
Tables at a Glance | |
| |
| |
Putting It All Together | |
| |
| |
Sample Research Paper, Completed | |
| |
| |
| |
Reshaping Your Story for Different Audiences: Other Types of Writing in Psychology | |
| |
| |
Oral Presentations at Conferences | |
| |
| |
Poster Presentations | |
| |
| |
Writing for the Web | |
| |
| |
Essay Exams | |
| |
| |
Writing for Pleasure and Insight | |
| |
| |
References | |
| |
| |
Index | |
| |
| |
About the Author | |