Psychology: Research & Writing

This handbook offers undergraduate students the information they need to make informed decisions about whether to pursue psychology as a major and career, as well as to succeed in their psychology course. The book introduces students to the scope of psychology and helps students assess their skills, abilities, and interests.

An essential guide for all writers on the discipline of psychology, this clear-cut, hands-on book shows how to research and write in psychology. It includes new writing exercises that deal with the special challenges of distance learning, extrasensory perception, and more.

This brief, inexpensive, and easy-to-use how-to manual has helped thousands of students in psychology and related fields with the task of writing term papers and reports. This bestseller includes a wealth of information and has been updated to reflect the latest APA Style Manual.

Writing for Psychology offers a concise, yet thorough guide to successful writing for psychology courses. This theoretically grounded resource covers experimental laboratory reports, term papers (non-experimental research reports), essay exams, and oral presentations.

Using quirky and sometimes irreverent examples to provide an overview of social science methodology, this new edition of the popular text has been substantially revised to include an in-depth consideration of current hot topics in the constantly evolving field of scientific research.

The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research represents the state of art for the theory and practice of qualitative inquiry. The editors and authors ask how the practices of qualitative inquiry can be used to address issues of social justice in this new century.

Successful research requires effective and thorough preparation. In this expanded and updated Second Edition of Developing Effective Research Proposals, author Keith F. Punch offers an indispensable guide to the issues involved in proposal development and in presenting a well-considered plan for the execution of research.

This manual is designed for students who will be writing research proposals, reports, theses, and dissertations. The 15 chapters cover 191 guidelines for effective scientific writing. The guidelines are fully illustrated with easy-to-follow examples.