Effective Writing In Psych Book

Preface     vii
Acknowledgments     xi
Writing in Psychology     1
Organizing and Developing Your Ideas and Writing     11
Formulating Your Ideas     13
Assessing Your Sources     25
How to Conduct a Literature Search     37
How to Read and Summarize a Journal Article     49
Organizing a Paper     59
Elements of Style     71
Communicating Statistics     85
Preparing APA Format Papers     95
Writing a Thesis or a Term Paper     97
The Introduction Section     109
The Method Section     119
The Results     131
The Discussion Section     153
References: Citations in the Text and the Reference List     161
Final Touches: The Abstract and Formatting Details     175
Communicating Beyond the Research Paper     195
Creating Poster Presentations     197
Giving Oral Presentations     209
Presenting Your Work on the Internet     219
Submitting Your Plan to an Ethics Committee     227
Example of Apa-Style Manuscript with Common Errors     237
Corrected Apa-Style Manuscript     247
References     255
Subject Index     261
Author Index     267