Research Paper and APA

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Research Paper and APA

• Introduction to Psychology
• By Ed Wohlmuth

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Finding a Research Topic
Research

• What area of Psychology interests you
• Personalizing Psychology Assignment

Specific Topic
General Area
Describe, explain, predict, Control!
Personal Application
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Research Decisions

• Once you have a topic area
• Review as many sources as you can-begin broadly
  then narrow down your interest
• Determine a research question
• Why a certain problem exists?
• Is what we are doing working?

Read and Highlight
Write- quotes paraphrases
Categorize
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Research Paper Structure

• Cover page
• Introduction
• Literature Review
• Reflections/Application
• References

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Cover Page

• Running head Classical Conditioning Parenting
  p.

Behavioral Interventions with Children (Title) Lu
cita Maria Lopez (name) Introduction to
Psychology (Course) Ed Wohlmuth
(Faculty) Dec.21,2012 (date)
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Introduction

• Invokes interest
• Personalizing Topic Selection- why did this topic
  interest you? Personal connection?
• Purpose/Research Question
• Outlines presentation of paper

When you judge another, you do not define them,
you define yourself- Wayne Dyer
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Literature Review

• Third person sharing of research from the field
• Select research resources that are academically
  appropriate
• I. Current Books (current theory and
  developments)
• II. books- for quoting originators of a theory
• III. Academic Data bases/Journals/periodicals
• IV. Credible Web resources- Government and
  Education- authors creditable and identified
• Do not use Wikipedia
• Group information into themes (using chapter
  headings, sub headings, or commonly referred to
  information)
• Maximum of one plus 40 word quotes.

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Literature Review In-text Citations

• In-text Citations Select favorite information or
  quotes- write them in your own words or quote
  them directly
• One Author
• Rogers (1961) shares that quality living is a non
  stop journey where the scenery seems ever
  changing not stagnant.
• Rogers (1961) states, Life, at its best, is a
  flowing, changing process in which nothing is
  fixed (p. 27).

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Literature Review In-text Citations

• Two authors
• Corey Corey (2007) state that students in
  helping programs can be unconscious of the
  challenges related to helping other people who
  are culturally different.
• Corey Corey (2007) indicate, Many students
  are unaware of the difficulty of dealing with
  clients who have a cultural background different
  from their own (p.190).

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Literature Review In-text Citations

• Three or more authors
• First Reference
• Relationship is the heart of Youth Care work
  (Elliott, Kerber, Litz Martin, 1992)
• Subsequent References
• Elliott et al. (1992) state
• Citing an online source
• Direct quote- (Anderson, 2003, para. 14)
• Anderson (2003) reported, something, something
  (para.14).

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Literature Review Paragraphing

• Front load paragraphs or sections with the
  reference
• According to Corey Corey (2007), helping
  isThey indicate that. In their opinion With
  regards to helping, their research suggests
• Citing unique terminology
• Corey and Cory (2007) use the term cultural
  tunnel vision to describe the unconscious
  awareness of our perspective (p.190).

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Personal Communication From Interviews

• Introduce personal communication information
• Stephen Covey, a prominent author and lecturer
  on ethics in the business world, stated, Our
  challenge is to find our voice and then help
  others find theirs (Personal Communication,
  October 7th, 2005).

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Group Practice
Introduction to Psychology Ninth edition Rod
Plotnik Haig Kouyoumdjian
Publisher Wadsworth/Cengage Learning 2011
Find three ideas from your text- any
module Direct quote it And then Paraphrase
it.
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Reflecting on research findings

• Relevant and insightful personal
  reflections/critique of research
• Application personal/professional

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References Examples

• Book, One Author
• Rogers, C.R. (1961). On Becoming a Person.
  Boston Houghton Mifflin Company.
• American Psychiatric Association (2000).
  Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
  Disorders, Fourth Edition Text Revision
  (DSM-IV-TRTM).
• Journal Article, One Author
• Green, E. (2007). Perceptual Awareness. Journal
  of Abnormal Psychology, 73, 135-147.
•  Journal Article, Two Authors
• Green, E. Forest, G. (2007). Perceptual
  Awareness. Journal of Abnormal
• Psychology, 73, 135-147.
• Internet Article, One Author
• Green, E.L. (2005, July). Human Thought.
  Metacognition, 9, 14. Retrieved January 7, 2008,
  from http//www.metacognition.com/yr2005/july_9909
  0.html.
• Perceptual Awareness. Journal of Abnormal
  Psychology, 73, 135-147.