How To Write in Psychology: A Student Guide

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, Especially References.

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