The Worth Expert Guide to Writing in Psychology

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Create better writers with The Worth Expert Guide to Writing In Psychology

Filled with practical tips and advice, this brief and easy-to-use guide helps psychology majors write more effectively in the discipline. It’s a go-to resource for producing all kinds of writing projects (term papers, annotated bibliographies, literature reviews, research proposals, lab/research reports), with specific guidance on planning projects, developing topic ideas, avoiding grammatical errors, and formatting in APA style. This is a multipurpose book that will serve students throughout the academic and professional careers in psychology.

The author provides suggestions for how to budget time for writing, how to plan writing sessions, and tips about problematic grammatical issues. The text addresses topics such as developing an idea for writing and explores the major types of writing assignments that students may face (i.e., term paper, annotated bibliography, literature review, research proposal, and lab/research report). The author also points out important differences in APA formatting for various types of assignments.

This is a multipurpose book that will aid students regardless of the type of writing assignment they face—a good book to keep for all of their psychology career.

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Guidelines include the latest APA Style (7e) highlighting APA formatting for various types of assignments
"A Closer Look" features provide more in-depth coverage of some of the critical points from the chapters.
"In Practice" features offers pointers that you can use to make your writing or learning about APA style more efficient and, perhaps, easier.
Each chapter ends with a set of "Critical Thinking Writing Assignments
Chapters are full of technology-related information to help you travel along the pathway toward more successful, accomplished writing.
Besides tips for writing in psychology, the author addresses key grammar issues and the basic fundamentals of clear expression
An Appendix A features an actual journal article written by a student and Appendix B shows that same published article in manuscript format—using the new APA Style that students need to use when writing a research report.

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"The single most impressive aspect of this book is the capacity of the author to anticipate exactly what a student will need to be successful and to write in a way that empowers students to see themselves as writers."
– Jane Halonen, University of West Florida

"The book is written in a clear and straightforward manner that should put students at ease. But, what really sets this book apart is its coverage of multiple types of writing assignments that students may face during their undergraduate studies."
– Carrie Cuttler, Washington State University

"This text should be useful to freshman psychology majors writing their first papers, as well as seniors conducting their own empirical research projects. There are a significant number of courses that would benefit from the use of this book within the psychology major. The author does a solid job providing detailed and practical information, as well as helpful tools and examples across all levels of writing covered in the book."-
– Kevin Zabel, Western New England University

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Chapter 1 I Have to Write a Paper for a Psychology Class
Chapter 2 What Does “APA Style” Actually Mean?
Chapter 3 Grammar Also Counts in APA Style
Chapter 4 How to Read a Psychology Journal Article
Chapter 5 Writing an Annotated Bibliography
Chapter 6 Writing a Term Paper/Literature Review
Chapter 7 Writing a Psychology Research Proposal
Chapter 8 Writing a Psychology Research Report
Chapter 9 So I’ve Written a Psychology Paper — What’s Next?
Appendix A: Sample Student Journal Article A-1
Appendix B: Sample Student Journal Article With Notations for APA Style (7th ed.)
Appendix C: Sample Student Article in Manuscript Form C-1
Appendix D: Common Writing Problems, Explanations, and Solutions

The Worth Expert Guide to Writing in Psychology

First Edition 2020

Randolph Smith

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Randolph Smith

Randolph A. (Randy) Smith is an adjunct Professor at Moravian College. Randy He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Houston and PhD at Texas Tech University in experimental psychology (specialties in human learning/memory and statistics). Randy taught at Ouachita Baptist University for 26 years (20 years’ service as Chair), chaired Kennesaw State University’s Psychology Department for four years, and chaired Lamar University’s Psychology Department for six years (from which he retired in 2013). His professional work centers on the scholarship of teaching and learning. Randy served as Editor of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s journal Teaching of Psychology for 12 years and subsequently served as Editor of the Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research. He is author of Challenging Your Preconceptions: Thinking Critically About Psychology (2002), co-author (with Steve Davis) of The Psychologist as Detective: An Introduction to Conducting Research in Psychology (6th edition in 2013), and co-author (with Steve Davis) of An Introduction to Statistics and Research Methods: Becoming a Psychological Detective (2005). In addition, Randy has developed a comprehensive instructor’s resource package for Wayne Weiten’s introductory psychology text. He has written several book chapters and articles and made numerous presentations dealing with varied aspects of teaching, applying social psychology to teaching, and assessment of teaching. He is a member of the American Psychological Association (a Fellow of Divisions 1 and 2—General Psychology and Teaching) and a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. In 2006, Randy received the American Psychological Foundation’s Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award and the University System of Georgia Regents’ Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award.