The Psychologist's Companion: A Guide to Scientific Writing for Students and Researchers - Hardcover

Sternberg PhD, Robert J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521821231 ISBN 13: 9780521821230

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

The Psychologist's Companion, 4th edition, is intended to be a definitive guide to scientific writing for students and researchers. It covers a wealth of topics, including misconceptions about psychology papers, steps in writing library research papers, steps in writing experimental research papers, rules for writing psychology papers, commonly misused words, Internet resources, American Psychological Association guidelines for writing psychology papers, guidelines for data presentation, references for psychology papers, standards for evaluating psychology papers, submitting papers to journals, how to win acceptances of papers by psychology journals, writing grant and contract proposals, finding book publishers, writing lectures, and writing articles. The book contains a sample psychology paper as well as an appendix relevant to writing for British and European journals. The book is written in a lively and witty style that will make it easy reading for even the busiest students and professionals.

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Review

"An extremely useful book for undergraduates that provides the basics for writing psychology papers." Choice

"This book provides a wealth of useful information on professional writing that will be of substantial assistance to student and graduate professional alike." The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Book Description

This is a definitive guide to scientific writing for students and researchers. Topics include misconceptions about psychology papers, steps in writing library and experimental research papers, APA guidelines for writing psychology papers, commonly misused words, Internet resources, submitting papers to journals, finding book publishers, writing lectures, and writing articles.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521821231
• ISBN 13: 9780521821230
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 312