Writing in Psychology

The second edition of Writing in Psychology by Scott A. Miller is a comprehensive guide to addressing the most challenging issues that students face while writing about psychology, including what to say and how to say it. It offers practical tools to overcome the challenges and create an engaging work.

Informationen zum Autor Scott A. Miller is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at the University of Florida. He is a member of the Cognitive Development Society and the Society for Research in Child Development and a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. His research has examined parents' beliefs about children, children's understanding of Piagetian concepts, and children's understanding of theory of mind. Klappentext The second edition of Writing in Psychology by Scott A. Miller is a comprehensive guide to addressing the most challenging issues that students face while writing about psychology, including what to say and how to say it. It offers practical tools to overcome the challenges and create an engaging work. Zusammenfassung The second edition of Writing in Psychology by Scott A. Miller is a comprehensive guide to addressing the most challenging issues that students face while writing about psychology, including what to say and how to say it. It offers practical tools to overcome the challenges and create an engaging work. The book is a valuable resource for helping readers become better writers of psychology with the aid of various helpful learning tools, which provide detailed coverage of how to write empirical reviews, research proposals, literature reviews, term papers, and posters. It examines examples from journal articles that give readers a grasp of the content they will encounter in writing psychological reports. Furthermore, it includes exercises that provide an opportunity to apply the points conveyed in each chapter, examples of ways to avoid the most common mistakes made by students, and a guide to the best practices for improving one's writing. Readers will also develop a thorough understanding of how to write in an engaging yet accurate style, using grammatical and word use rules that govern writing in general, and the rules of seventh edition APA (American Psychological Association) Publication Manual that determine the expression of that content. Throughout, the book emphasizes inclusion, diversity, and fair treatment of those with whom psychologists deal, in research and writing. The book will benefit anyone looking for guidance on how to write about psychological content. It is ideal for research scholars and psychology students as a primary text for writing in psychology courses and a supplement for graduate or advanced undergraduate courses in research design or research methods. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1: The Importance of Writing Chapter 2: Some General Advice About How to Write Chapter 3: Conducting a Literature Search Chapter 4: Sections of an Empirical Report: Title Page, Abstract, Introduction, and Method Chapter 5: Sections of an Empirical Report: Results and Discussion Chapter 6: Research Proposals Chapter 7: Literature Reviews Chapter 8: Tern Papers and Posters Chapter 9: Rules of Writing: APA Chapter 10: Rules of Writing: General Appendix: APA Guidelines for Students' Communication Skills at the Conclusion of the Psychology Major ...

Autorentext

Scott A. Miller is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at the University of Florida. He is a member of the Cognitive Development Society and the Society for Research in Child Development and a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. His research has examined parents' beliefs about children, children's understanding of Piagetian concepts, and children's understanding of theory of mind.

Klappentext

The second edition of Writing in Psychology by Scott A. Miller is a comprehensive guide to addressing the most challenging issues that students face while writing about psychology, including what to say and how to say it. It offers practical tools to overcome the challenges and create an engaging work. The book is a valuable resource for helping readers become better writers of psychology with the aid of various helpful learning tools, which provide detailed coverage of how to write empirical reviews, research proposals, literature reviews, term papers, and posters. It examines examples from journal articles that give readers a grasp of the content they will encounter in writing psychological reports. Furthermore, it includes exercises that provide an opportunity to apply the points conveyed in each chapter, examples of ways to avoid the most common mistakes made by students, and a guide to the best practices for improving one's writing. Readers will also develop a thorough understanding of how to write in an engaging yet accurate style, using grammatical and word use rules that govern writing in general, and the rules of seventh edition APA (American Psychological Association) Publication Manual that determine the expression of that content. Throughout, the book emphasizes inclusion, diversity, and fair treatment of those with whom psychologists deal, in research and writing. The book will benefit anyone looking for guidance on how to write about psychological content. It is ideal for research scholars and psychology students as a primary text for writing in psychology courses and a supplement for graduate or advanced undergraduate courses in research design or research methods.

Zusammenfassung

The second edition of Writing in Psychology by Scott A. Miller is a comprehensive guide to addressing the most challenging issues that students face while writing about psychology, including what to say and how to say it. It offers practical tools to overcome the challenges and create an engaging work.

The book is a valuable resource for helping readers become better writers of psychology with the aid of various helpful learning tools, which provide detailed coverage of how to write empirical reviews, research proposals, literature reviews, term papers, and posters. It examines examples from journal articles that give readers a grasp of the content they will encounter in writing psychological reports. Furthermore, it includes exercises that provide an opportunity to apply the points conveyed in each chapter, examples of ways to avoid the most common mistakes made by students, and a guide to the best practices for improving one's writing. Readers will also develop a thorough understanding of how to write in an engaging yet accurate style, using grammatical and word use rules that govern writing in general, and the rules of seventh edition APA (American Psychological Association) Publication Manual that determine the expression of that content. Throughout, the book emphasizes inclusion, diversity, and fair treatment of those with whom psychologists deal, in research and writing.

The book will benefit anyone looking for guidance on how to write about psychological content. It is ideal for research scholars and psychology students as a primary text for writing in psychology courses and a supplement for graduate or advanced undergraduate courses in research design or research methods.

Inhalt

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: The Importance of Writing

Chapter 2: Some General Advice About How to Write

Chapter 3: Conducting a Literature Search

Chapter 4: Sections of an Empirical Report: Title Page, Abstract, Introduction, and Method

Chapter 5: Sections of an Empirical Report: Results and Discussion

Chapter 6: Research Proposals

Chapter 7: Literature Reviews

Chapter 8: Tern Papers and Posters

Chapter 9: Rules of Writing: APA

Chapter 10: Rules of Writing: General

Appendix: APA Guidelines for Students' Communication Skills at the Conclusion of…