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Undergraduate and postgraduate students of psychology.
Contents
Section IChapter 1: Style Versus Format: Why It Matters to Your Audience and Why It Should Matter to YouWhat Is the Difference Between APA Style and APA Format?Why APA Style Anyway? Wasn't MLA Good Enough?In the Long Run, Attention to Detail Matters (Including APA Style and Format)Write for Your Specific Audience: Term Papers Versus Formal Research PapersChapter 2: Your Visual Table of Contents QuickFinderThe Sample Paper With Content and Page NumbersSection II. Writing With (APA) Style: Big-Picture ItemsChapter 3: General Writing Tips Specific to APA Style: Bare-Bones FundamentalsClear and Succinct Writing: Using Your Scholarly VoiceCommonly Confused Words in Psychology and BeyondSubject-Verb AgreementActive Voice Versus Passive Voice in APA StyleSome (But Not Too Much) First-Person UsageAvoiding AnthropomorphismChapter 4: A Quick Grammar Summary for APA-Style WritingParts of a SentenceParts of SpeechCommon Grammar Mistakes to AvoidChapter 5: Plagiarism and How to Avoid It: Thou Shalt Not Steal (or Be Lazy)But I Didn't Know...It Sounds Like a Bad WordQuoting: More Than Just a Copy and PasteParaphrasing: In Your Own WordsAn Author's License (Yours): Modifying Source MaterialBut I Can Freely Use My Own Work, Right?How About This for a Plagiarism Awareness Exercise?Chapter 6: Avoiding Biased LanguageThe Fundamental Lesson: View People as Individuals FirstSpecific Recommendations for Reducing Bias: Nonsexist Language and Other AreasSexual OrientationRacial and Ethnic IdentityDisabilitiesOccupationsGender and Pronouns: With an Indefinite RecommendationSection III. Writing With (APA) Style: Getting Down to BusinessChapter 7: Writing Your Introduction: Tying the Story all TogetherWhat to Include in Your IntroductionFormatting Your IntroductionGetting Your Introduction StartedUsing an Outline: Organizing Your Literature ReviewCommon Mistakes to Avoid in your IntroductionOutline for the Sample Introduction Section IncludedSample PaperChapter 8: Writing Your Discussion: It's a WrapFormatting Your Discussion SectionWhat to Include in Your Discussion SectionGetting Your Discussion Section StartedOrganizing Your Discussion SectionCommon Mistakes to Avoid in your Discussion SectionOutline for the Sample Discussion Section IncludedSample PaperChapter 9: Citing Sources in Text: Whodunit (or Said It)?A Good Rule of ThumbReady, Cite, GOIn-Text Citation BasicsSome CurveballsChapter 10: A Step-by-Step Playbook of Your Method: How, What, When, Who, and Where?Where in the Flow of Pages Do You Place the Method Section?Where in the Method Section Does This Information Go?Subjects/ParticipantsMaterials and ApparatusProcedureFormatting Your Method SectionChapter 11: Writing About Statistics and Associated Fun: How Did It All Turn Out?Let Us Talk StatisticsBasics and BeyondFormatting Your Results ParagraphIncluding Effect Size and PowerChapter 12: Everybody Needs ReferencesA Helpful NoteCreating Your References SectionUsing AbbreviationsThe BasicsBasic References Section Formatting RulesSome Not-So-Basic Rules You Might NeedSection IV. Presenting Your Work in APA FormatChapter 13: The Numbers Game: How to Write Numbers (and When the Rules Change)When You Use NumeralsWhen You Use WordsUsing Both Numerals and WordsHow to Use Decimal PointsAdditional Rules for Including Numbers in Your PaperMetricationWhen Do You Use Abbreviations?Chapter 14: Formatting: Organizing, Headings, and Making Your Work Look Good to PrintWhat Goes Where?What Your Paper Should Look LikeHeadingsSpelling Matters: Spelling and Capitalization RulesFinal TouchesChapter 15: Table That Motion: The Special Challenges of Tables and FiguresWhat Is WhatGetting the Look DownA Note on "Notes"Figuring It OutGet Legendary (and Use Captions)Where to Place Tables and FiguresBut I Am Doing a Literature Review: Could I Use a Table or Figure?Do Not ForgetChapter 16: Make Microsoft Word 2013 Work for You: APA FormattingWord 2013 Tabs and Drop-Down MenusSetting the MarginsLine Spacing and Spacing Between ParagraphsPage Headers (First Page and Subsequent Pages) and Page NumberingTabs, Centering, and the RulerReferences and the Hanging IndentPreparing a Table (Rows, Columns, Lines, Centering)Fonts and Font Variations (Italics, Bold, Superscript)Page Breaks, Orphans, and WidowsSpell-Checker and Grammar CheckerDeveloping Good Habits: Autosaving, File Naming, File Storage, Frequent BackupsSection V. Some Nitty-Gritty DetailsChapter 17: Making a List, No Apps Required: Enumeration and SeriationWhy Bother?Keeping Order at the Section LevelOrder Within Paragraphs or SentencesOn a Related NoteChapter 18: Abbreviations, Signs, Symbols, and Punctuation: The Devil Is in the DetailsOMG: To Abbreviate or Not?Blinding You With Science and LatinPunctuationSection VI. In Closing: Important ConsiderationsChapter 19: Using Rubrics: Knowing What It Means to Write a Good PaperFollow Rubrics When ProvidedExample RubricChapter 20: Proofreading the Entire Paper: Get It Right!Sample Student Paper for Practicing ProofreadingChapter 21: Complete Sample of an Experimental (Research) Paper: Samples, Anyone?Sample PaperAdditional Resources on WritingChapter 22: How to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes: All Together NowAPA Style and Format ChecklistBe Aware of Professors' Pet Peeves
