Effective Writing in Psychology. Bernard C. Beins

Argument 10 The Introduction Section Introducing the Topic Different Approaches to Starting the Introduction How to Begin Reviewing What Others Have Already Done Reasons for Reviewing the Literature Clarifying Terms in the Research Introducing Your Research: Generating a Hypothesis 11 The Method Section Participants and Subjects Materials and Apparatus Procedure Design 12 The Results Section Providing a Good Ending Your Hypotheses Deciding What to Present Reporting Significant and Nonsignificant Results Marginally Significant Effects APA Style and Presentation of Your Results Creating Tables Creating Figures The Connection Between the Text and the Tables and Figures The Difference Between Results and Discussion Sections Some Final Points About Presenting Results 13 The Discussion Section Summarizing Your Results Connecting Different Aspects of Your Results Dealing With Nonsignificant Results Comparing Your Results With Those of Others State the Importance and Implications of Your Results Acknowledging the Limitations of Your Study 14 References Purpose of the References Section Citing References in the Text Order of Citations in the Reference List Using Your Word Processing Program to Create the Citation Examples of How Different Types of References Should Be Laid Out in a Reference List Examples of Different Types of Citations in the Reference List 15 Final Touches The Abstract Formatting Details

      11  Part III: Communicating Beyond the Research Paper 16 Creating Poster Presentations Differentiating Visual and Written Communication Reducing the Amount of Information Visual Style Your Behavior: The Ethic of a Poster Session Creating Your Poster Using PowerPoint 17 Giving Oral Presentations The Difference Between Oral and Written English Adapting APA Style to Oral Presentations Preparing for Your Talk Creating Graphics for Your Presentation Giving the Presentation 18 Presenting Your Work on the Internet New Capabilities with Internet Publication Using a Word Processor to Create Manuscripts for the Internet Advantages of Internet Publishing Software Publishing Your Poster on the Web Uploading Your Manuscript to the Internet 19 Submitting Your Plan to an Ethics Committee Ethical Standards in Research Writing a Proposal for an Institutional Review Board for Research With Human Subjects Writing a Proposal for the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) for Animal Research

      12  Appendix A: Example of APA‐Style Manuscript with Common Errors

      13  Appendix B: Corrected APA‐Style Manuscript

      14  References

      15  Author Index

      16  Subject Index

      17  End User License Agreement