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[Pages:48]Writing for Psychology

A Guide for Psychology Concentrators

Department of Psychology Faculty of Arts and Sciences Harvard University

HARVARD COLLEGE

Writing for Psychology

A Guide for Psychology Concentrators

by Shelley H. Carson

Jeanne Fama Kate Clancy Jeffrey Ebert Adrienne Tierney

Cover photo credit: Harvard News Office Copyright 2012, President and Fellows of Harvard College

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements1

Introduction.....................................................................3

Chapter One How to Read Sources Critically ........................................5

Chapter Two Writing a Conceptually Coherent Paper.........................13

Academic Honesty in Writing.........................................22

Chapter Three Do's and Don'ts of Effective Writing in Psychology.........24

Chapter Four APA Format Guidelines............................................30

Appendix: Locating Databases and Sources in the Harvard Library System...................................................38

Acknowledgements

This booklet contains the accumulated wisdom of a number of eminent psychologists and writing experts, including Daryl Bem, Stephen Kosslyn, Brendan Maher, Joseph M. Williams, and the authors responsible for the American Psychological Association style manual.We have also drawn on the keen observations of Baumeister and Leary (1997) and Gordon Harvey (2002).

We would like to thank Stephen Kosslyn, C.A. Meyersburg, Kristina Olson, James Herron, and Laura Chivers for their input and assistance in the preparation of this guide.

This guide was prepared with the financial support from the Harvard Writing Project.

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