Writing for Psychology, International Edition - Softcover

O'Shea, Robert; Jolley, Janina; Mitchell, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1133308414 ISBN 13: 9781133308416

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Write a great psychology paper in APA style® with WRITING FOR PSYCHOLOGY, 4E, International Edition! This user friendly guide shows you what to do and what to avoid by providing concrete examples of common errors. WRITING FOR PSYCHOLOGY, 4E, International Edition will help you adhere to the basics of APA style, refine library search skills, avoid plagiarism, and improve your revising, editing, and proofing skills. Checklists precede the summary at the end of every chapter, giving you the chance to make sure you have been thorough in your reports.

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Review:

1. What Every Student Should Know About Writing Psychology Papers. 2. Writing Term Papers. 3. Writing Research Reports and Proposals. 4. Finding, Reading, Citing, and Referencing Sources. 5. Making Your Case: A Guide to Skeptical Reading and Logical Writing. 6. Writing the Wrongs: How to Avoid Gruesome Grammar, Putrid Punctuation, and Saggy Style. 7. Preparing the Final Draft. Appendix A: APA Copy Style Versus APA Final-Form Style. Appendix B: Problem Plurals. Index.

About the Author:

Professor Robert O’Shea is the professor of psychology at Southern Cross University. Prior to this he taught at the University of Otago, 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. Professor 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1133308414
• ISBN 13: 9781133308416
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 288