The Psychologists Companion - A Guide to Writing Scientific Papers for Students and Researchers

The Psychologists Companion is intended for students as well as young professionals and writers at all stages of their careers seeking inspiration and guidelines for better scientific writing. This book is also a resource for researchers in related fields. It has been comprehensively updated, revised, and extended for its fifth edition and includes the latest style guidelines of the American Psychological Associations Publication Manual (sixth edition, 2009) as well as chapters encompassing the entire research process from doing literature research and planning an experiment to writing the paper. It features new chapters on literature research; ethics; and generating, evaluating, and selling ideas. The Psychologists Companion also provides information on writing book proposals, grant proposals, and lectures. Contents
Introduction
1. Eight common misconceptions about psychology papers
2. How to generate, evaluate, and sell your ideas for research and papers
3. Literature research
4. Writing a literature review
5. Planning and writing the experimental research paper
6. A word about content, language, and style
7. Commonly misused words
8. American Psychological Association guidelines for psychology papers
9. Guidelines for data presentation
10. What makes a good paper great? Standards for evaluating psychology papers
11. Ethics in research and writing
12. Submitting a paper to a journal
13. How to make your paper even better: proofreading, revising, and editing
14. Writing a grant or contract proposal
15. How to find a book publisher
16. Writing a lecture
17. Article writing 101.

Author/Editor Details
Robert J. Sternberg, Oklahoma State University