Writing With Style - APA Style Made Easy

Szuchman (psychology, Barry University) offers psychology students a new method for learning to write research papers in the style described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association . Exercises require students to scan APA journals for particular rules and conventions to identify APA style and the research psychologist's tone and form. For this third edition, exercises contain suggested articles available online. Also new are expanded sections on plagiarism and on the Internet. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Preface. About the Author. Contents. 1. Introduction: The Laypeople and You. 2. Some Generalizations About How Psychologists Write. 3. Preparing the Introduction Section and the Literature Review Paper. 4. Preparing the Method Section. 5. Preparing the Results Section. 6. Preparing the Discussion Section. 7. Preparing the Abstract. 8. Preparing the References Section. 9. Preparing a Title Page and Formatting Your Manuscript. 10. Grooming Tips for Psychology Papers. 11. Preparing a Presentation. Appendix. Wrapping It Up. References. Index. A guide to the APA writing style that uses exercises and an easy-to-use format to explain the basic rules and structures of APA Applies a 'learning through modeling' approach that prepares students to write professional literature in APA style.