Effective Writing in Psychology

Writing and communication skills are invaluable tools for both students and professionals in the field of psychology. The new edition of this successful text helps users to generate crisp scientific communication, offering clear guidelines on effective writing, and illustrating how to generate strong and compelling prose.The book aids students, writers, and speakers at all levels by guiding them at every stage of the process. In a practical and accessible way, the authors teach readers how to form concise, unambiguous arguments, document their sources, and render technical information clear and comprehensible.Incorporating the latest writing guidelines found in the sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, this new edition:* Offers an understanding of why APA style is important* Includes a chapter on conducting a literature search, to guide students through databases, keywords, sources, and connections between articles* Offers tips on creating poster presentations, giving talks, writing for the Internet, and making presentations to institutional review boards (IRBs)* Provides a separate section on how to communicate statistics* Incorporates a new section on using the Internet to present research papersBernard C. Beins, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of Psychology at Ithaca College, New York. He recently received the Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award from the American Psychological Foundation. He is also the author of Research Methods: A Tool for Life (2009). He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Eastern Psychological Association.Agatha M. Beins is Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at Texas Woman's University. She co-edited Women's Studies for the Future: Foundations, Interrogations, Politics with Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy (2005), and has published articles in Women: A Cultural Review and Sinister Wisdom. She is also part of the editorial collective for the journal Films for the Feminist Classroom.