Writing for Psychology [Paperback]

Christopher Thaiss (Author), James F. Sanford (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0205280013 | ISBN-13: 978-0205280018 | Publication Date: October 7, 1999 | Edition: 1

Writing for Psychology offers a concise, yet thorough guide to successful writing for psychology courses. This theoretically grounded resource covers experimental laboratory reports, term papers (non-experimental research reports), essay exams, and oral presentations. This book thoroughly explains writing as a four-step process involving writing as a tool for thinking and learning, drafting, revising, and editing. The authors provide explicit instruction along with annotated student samples of the experimental lab report, the term paper, and the exam essay. Samples also help to explain effective note taking, annotation of research materials, the keeping of reading-response and research logs, and methods of varying written style. Readers learn how to plan their written projects and how to seek and receive good advice on revising drafts. The book also includes a section on dealing with the most common errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling as well as a concise guide to APA style. For those who need to know the standards for writing in the field of psychology.

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Writing for Psychology offers a concise, yet thorough guide to successful writing for psychology courses. This theoretically grounded resource covers experimental laboratory reports, term papers (non-experimental research reports), essay exams, and oral presentations.

This book thoroughly explains writing as a four-step process involving writing as a tool for thinking and learning, drafting, revising, and editing. The authors provide explicit instruction along with annotated student samples of the experimental lab report, the term paper, and the exam essay. Samples also help to explain effective note taking, annotation of research materials, the keeping of reading-response and research logs, and methods of varying written style. Readers learn how to plan their written projects and how to seek and receive good advice on revising drafts. The book also includes a section on dealing with the most common errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling as well as a concise guide to APA style.

For those who need to know the standards for writing in the field of psychology.

Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: Longman; 1 edition (October 7, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0205280013
• ISBN-13: 978-0205280018
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,573,309 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spin Psychology, July 20, 2001

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This review is from: Writing for Psychology (Paperback)

Psychology is a field where writers aim for conclusions to their own fieldwork, critical reviews of research case studies, explanations and summaries. They do this through three basic kinds of WRITING FOR PSYCHOLOGY: the exam essay, the experimental laboratory report, and the research evaluation or the term paper. Christopher Thaiss and James F. Sanford say this mostly technical type of writing practice runs well as notes and postevent summaries to increase learning; marginal notes, important point paraphrases and summaries, and reading response logs to improve observation and reading; and clearly organized paragraphs and white space to experiment with consistently simple format and style to make it easy for readers to pick up on main ideas. Audience, format and purpose work together in final copy: formal or informal tone and technical level of language adjust to the assumed knowledge level of the reader. Jill M. Scott et al's THE PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT WRITER'S MANUAL and this nicely orgaized and written guide to American Psychological Association rules work wonders with Ron Blicq's TECHNICALLY-WRITE, Charles T. Brusaw's HANDBOOK OF TECHNICAL WRITING, THE MICROSOFT MANUAL OF STYLE FOR TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS, and the TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION books by John M. Lannon and by Maris Roze.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Publier ou perir, January 14, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Writing for Psychology (Paperback)

D'habitude les psychologues qui sont des auteurs publies ecrivent des sommaires, des recherches ou bien des critiques. Alors il s'agit de trois sortes d'ecrire a perfectionner. Il y a la composition courte et bien dite, du style plutot informel des notes et des sommaires. Ensuite il y a le rapport sur des experiences au laboratoire, du style moins court, du ton et vocabulaire professionnels des annotations, des paraphrases et des sommaires du saillant. Enfin il y a la recherche evaluee, du style detaille, du ton et du vocabulaire professionnels des arguments, des preuves, des notes au bas de la page, et de la bibliographie. On arrive a faire bien tous les trois lorsqu'on comprend le sujet et lorsqu'on se rend compte des connaissances des lecteurs, tous les deux tres importants.