Writing for Psychology: An Introductory Guide for Students - Softcover
Writing for Psychology is an essential resource for any undergraduate student studying either an introductory psychology subject or majoring in psychology. For many years this text has helped to guide students with writing essays and reports by teaching them how to follow the referencing and writing conventions outlined in the publication manual of the American Psychology Association (APA). Written in a concise and lively manner Writing for Psychology can be referred to by students as they actually write their own essays and reports.
The fifth edition has increased the use of examples found throughout the text, including key areas such as; reporting results, using tables and figures and using electronic sources. Thoroughly updated this edition not only teaches students how to write essays and reports, but also now features material on other forms of writing with new sections on constructing a poster and writing a literature review. A must have manual for anyone that needs to learn how to write professional psychology reports and essays.
The fifth edition has increased the use of examples found throughout the text, including key areas such as; reporting results, using tables and figures and using electronic sources. Thoroughly updated this edition not only teaches students how to write essays and reports, but also now features material on other forms of writing with new sections on constructing a poster and writing a literature review. A must have manual for anyone that needs to learn how to write professional psychology reports and essays.
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About the Author:
Robert O?Shea is a senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Otago, New Zealand, where he has taught since 1988. Prior to that he taught at Dalhousie University, Northwestern University, Queen?s University (Canada), and the University of Queensland, having received his PhD from the University of Queensland in 1983. He has published extensively in major psychology and neuroscience journals. His research is on visual perception, especially binocular vision, perception in the real world, depth perception, peripheral vision, and movement perception. He has taken study leaves at Dartmouth College, Harvard University, and the University of Rochester. Dr O?Shea has been an associate editor of Perception & Psychophysics, a member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and the coordinator of the 2004 Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference.
Synopsis:
An essential resource for any undergraduate student who is either studying an introductory psychology subject or majoring in psychology. For many years this text has helped students write better essays and reports by teaching them how to follow the referencing and writing conventions outlined in the American Psychology Association Manual.
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- PublisherCengage Learning Australia
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 017010785X
- ISBN 13 9780170107853
- BindingSpiral-bound
- Edition number4
- Number of pages150
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