John R. Beech (University of Leicester)

How To Write in Psychology

A Student Guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How to Write in Psychology is a comprehensive and highly informative guide to the unique writing requirements of psychology. Filled with practical, clearly defined instructions and examples, this timely text includes everything the well-prepared student needs to know about the principles and practice of writing for psychology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 154mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 398g
• ISBN-13: 9781405156943
• ISBN-10: 1405156945
• Artikelnr.: 22951719

Autorenporträt

Dr. John R. Beech is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Leicester. He has authored many journal articles and has written or co-edited several books, including The Psychological Assessment of Reading , Assessment in Neuropsychology, and Assessment in Speech and Language Therapy.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations.

Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

1 Some Preliminaries.

2 Writing the Essay.

3 Preliminaries to Writing the Lab Report.

4 Writing the Quantitative Lab Report.

5 Writing the Qualitative Research Report.

6 Presenting Numbers, Tables and Figures.

7 Writing the Project.

8 Writing for Exams and Answering MCQs.

9 Writing for Other Purposes.

10 Attention to Detail: More on APA Formatting, EspeciallyReferences.

11 Some Basics of Grammar and Common Confusions.

12 Improve Your Editing Skills.

Appendix 1: An Example Student Essay.

Appendix 2: An Example Student Quantitative Lab Report.

References.

Index

Rezensionen

In the average psychology degree, there's a whole lot of writing tobe done, and much of it is very stylistically prescribed, and thestudent new to psychology has to quickly develop and use a newvocabulary and understand the demands of examinations, essays,experimental reports, and longer works such as final-year researchprojects. Furthermore, even research reports differ, depending onwhether they are write-ups of quantitative or qualitative research,and so on.

This book is clear, well-structured, readable, enjoyable andhighly informative. Given that students have a lot to learn in thecourse of their studies, any book that propels them forward has tobe welcomed. There are hundreds of volumes on writing, a handful ofwhich are focused on writing in psychology. This, in my opinion, isby far the best of them.

Mark Forshaw, Staffordshire University

"Written in a style that is clear, direct, and concise, Howto Write in Psychology is an indispensable handbook forstudents - a must for anyone starting a BSc Psychology course, orpreparing their final year project."

Dean D'Souza, BPS Student Rep