PSY1HPM Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bilingual Education, Psychology Today, Times New Roman
2 Jul 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
HPM - Lab Report Writing in Psychology
Scientific Writing Skills: Guide to Writing Lab Reports
APA “VOICE”
Clear and Concise
Point of View
• Active voice.
• Typically, 3rd person.
Word Choice
• Avoids bias in language concerning gender, race, disability, and sexuality when writing up research
Avoid poetic language
Where to start
•Margins 1 inch (2.45cm) left and right side◦
Font Times New Roman Size 12 (for uni) Make sure you change font to this from the default calibri ◦ ◦ ◦
•Spacing Double spaced ◦
•Tense Past Tense◦
•Page Numbers Top right corner ◦
•Header Top right corner in front of page number◦
•When answering the essay question, it is important to define:
• The characteristics that make up the Scientific Method.
Deconstructing the Essay Question
•What is the Scientific Method?
•What are the main elements?
• One important characteristic is falsifiability.
• Popper developed the idea of falsifiability as a criterion for scientific validity
• “the criterion of the scientific status of a theory is its falsifiability, or refutability, or testability”
• i.e. predictions derived from it could potentially be shown to be false.
•So, in answering the essay question, consider for example, whether theories in Psychology can be
falsified?
• In other words, can we set up experiments (or ask questions) in psychology in a way that would they
could be refuted after being tested, or can they all be interpreted to support the hypothesis?
Important Considerations
• What characteristics make up a scientific method?
• In other words, what criterion needs to be met in order for a theory to be ranked as scientific?
• Another helpful way to think of this is what is the difference between science and pseudo-science?
• OR how do you differentiate a scientific theory from a pseudoscientific theory?
• Such qualities characterise a testable or scientific hypothesis.
• Do theories in Psychology meet these characteristics? • Why/ why not? Explain.
Keywords
Scientific Method, Popper, Demarcation, Falsification, Hypothesis Testing, Theory
References In – Text
•Using APA effectively means students receive better marks (Murphy, 2018).
•Murphy (2018) discovered that learning APA can be tricky.
Reference List
•Include all in text cited references using APA
•List in Alphabetical Order for Authors – Date Order
find more resources at oneclass.com
find more resources at oneclass.com
Document Summary
Scientific writing skills: guide to writing lab reports. Point of view: active voice, typically, 3rd person. Word choice: avoids bias in language concerning gender, race, disability, and sexuality when writing up research. Make sure you change font to this from the default calibri. Font: when answering the essay question, it is important to define: Top right corner in front of page number. Page numbers: the characteristics that make up the scientific method. Scientific method, popper, demarcation, falsification, hypothesis testing, theory. References in text: using apa effectively means students receive better marks (murphy, 2018), murphy (2018) discovered that learning apa can be tricky. Include all in text cited references using apa. List in alphabetical order for authors date order. Journal article, two authors becker, m. b. , & rozek, s. j. (1995). Journal of social issues, 32, 230-343: magazine article, one author garner, h. j. (1997, july). Today,102, 70-77: newspaper article, no author study finds free care used more. (1982, april 3).
