Making Sense in Psychology
A Student's Guide to Research and Writing
Published on 30. January 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-0-19-544025-6 (ISBN)
Description
The Making Sense series includes six concise, readable guides to research and writing for use by students at all levels of undergraduate studies. Designed especially for students studying psychology, this volume outlines general principles of style, grammar, and punctuation while also covering issues such as how to conduct academic research in psychological studies; how to present data; how to write essays, research papers, and lab reports; how to document sources; and how to give an oral presentation.
Reviews / Votes
"The text covers all of the major challenges students who take psychology will face when it comes to preparing written and even oral presentations of their work, or the work of others. The writing style is also easy to follow, manages to keep the reader engaged, and offers multiple examples to illustrate the main issues students will have to address in order to excel on their psychology assignments."--Karen Brebner, St. Francis Xavier University
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Undergraduate students at all levels in psychology
Illustrations
14 figures, 10 tables
Dimensions
Height: 152 mm
Width: 228 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
422 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-544025-6 (9780195440256)
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Persons
Margot Northey is a specialist in communications and the former dean of the School of Business at Queen's University. Brian Timney is a professor and dean of the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Western Ontario. In addition to his administrative duties, Dr Timney runs The Timney Lab in the department of psychology. He was also a co-author on the previous editions of Making Sense: A Student's Guide to Research and Writing in Psychology and the Life Sciences.
Content
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; PREFACE ; 1. Communicating in Psychology ; 2. Ethical Issues in Research and Writing ; 3. Electronic Resources ; 4. Information Gathering ; 5. Writing an Essay or Research Paper ; 6. Writing a Lab Report ; 7. Presentation of Data ; 8. Research Proposals and Honours Theses ; 9. Giving a Seminar or Oral Presentation ; 10. APA Editorial Style and Documentation ; 11. Writing with Style ; 12. Common Errors in Grammar and Usage ; 13. Punctuation ; GLOSSARY: KEY TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS IN PSYCHOLOGY ; APPENDIX A: CATCHLIST OF MISUSED WORDS AND PHRASES ; APPENDIX B: WRITING EXAMINATIONS ; APPENDIX C: WRITING A RESUME OR LETTER OF APPLICATION ; INDEX