The Psychologist's Companion for Undergraduates : A Guide to Success for College Students (Paperback)

Preface; Introduction; Part I. Planning and Formulating Papers: 1. Getting started; 2. Eight common misconceptions about psychology papers; 3. How to generate, evaluate, and present your ideas for research and papers; 4. Literature research; 5. Writing a literature review; 6. Planning and writing the experimental research paper; 7. Ethics in research and writing; Part II. Presenting Your Ideas in Writing: 8. A word about content, language, and style; 9. Commonly misused words; 10. American Psychological Association guidelines for psychology papers; 11. Guidelines for data presentation; Part III. Preparing and Writing Papers: 12. Paper writing 101; 13. How to make your paper even better: proofreading, revising, and editing; Part IV. Presenting Yourself to Others: 14. Preparing a poster presentation; 15. Writing a talk; Epilogue.