Writing for Psychology

By Robert P. O'Shea, Janina M. Jolley, Mark L. Mitchell

Book Overview

Write a great psychology paper in APA style with WRITING FOR PSYCHOLOGY, Fourth Edition This user-friendly guide shows you what to do and what to avoid by providing concrete examples of common errors. WRITING FOR PSYCHOLOGY will help you adhere to the basics of APA style, refine library search skills, avoid plagiarism, and improve your revising, editing, and proofing skills. Checklists precede a summary at the end of every chapter, giving you the chance to make sure you have been thorough in your reports.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1111840636
• ISBN13: 9781111840631
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Writing for Psychology

Awesome. Some parts are not applicable as APA has come out with a new 6th edition. But I love Chapter 6. Would highly recommend to anyone returning to college.

The quick version!

This is the most concise book you'll need if you plan on writing any sort of psychology literature. The book is easy to read and follow. You can't go wrong with any Psy article of you use this book.

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this is a good book for learning how to write research papers in APA format.

Clear Advice for the Psychology Student

This new book by an experienced team of professors offers sound, clear, practical advice for writing assignments in undergraduate psychology classes. Based on years of teaching experience, it is extremely helpful.