PSY 303 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Ath, Studentized Range, Background Music
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Pay attention to style and format of articles you read. Especially the intro: read a lot. There is a lot of variability in writing style/ competence: write a lot. Writing center, peers, tas, prof etc: apa style. Times new roman: a title should summarize the main idea of the paper simply, and if possible with style, can be separated into 2 parts with a colon. E(cid:454): (cid:862)(cid:272)at(cid:272)h(cid:455) phrase; effects of (cid:448)aria(cid:271)les o(cid:374) (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior": no redundant phrases, do(cid:374)"t use (cid:862)a(cid:374) i(cid:373)piri(cid:272)al stud(cid:455) of (cid:863, no conjunctions, do(cid:374)"t i(cid:374)(cid:272)lude (cid:455)our proff"s (cid:374)a(cid:373)e, introduction (cid:862)ge(cid:374)tl(cid:455)(cid:863) i(cid:374)trodu(cid:272)e (cid:271)a(cid:272)kgrou(cid:374)d i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) Do not launch immediately into specific details of research. First task of research paper is to introduce background and nature of the problem being investigated: four rules of thumb for an opening paper. Do not plunge unprepared readers into the middle of your problem or theory. Use examples to illustrate the rhetorical points or introduce unfamiliar conceptual or technical terms.
