Effective writing in psychology
Subtitle: papers, posters, and presentations
By: Bernard C. Beins and Agatha M. Beins.
Contributors: Beins, Agatha, 1976-
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9781405158787; 9781405158794
Subjects: Psychology -- Authorship
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-260) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Writing in psychology; title: Organizing and developing your ideas and writing; title: Formulating your ideas; title: Assessing your sources; title: How to conduct a literature search; title: How to read and summarize a journal article; title: Organizing a paper; title: Elements of style; title: Communicating statistics; title: Preparing APA format papers; title: Writing a thesis or a term paper; title: The introduction section; title: The method section; title: The results; title: The discussion section; title: References : citations in the text and the reference list; title: Final touches : the abstract and formatting details; title: Communicating beyond the research paper; title: Creating poster presentations; title: Giving oral presentations; title: Presenting your work on the Internet; title: Submitting your plan to an ethics committee.