1. VARIOUS WRITING THINGS How to read a (social) psych article Remember that the authors are selling something Be critical but not overly so Solutions, not just problems What to get from each section of an article

2. WHY ALL THIS MATTERS What I’m teaching is not my style but APA style, based also on advice from editors and successful grant getters and writing experts.

3. SPECIFICS Be concise “that” phrases “the researchers showed that” “were told to” passive voice unnecessary details

4. Be precise Each participant, they Researchers were interested, believed Study hypothesized Hypotheses argued Felt Put a noun after “this” or “these” “Filled out”, “take” questionnaire, “divide” people Male and female as adjectives

5. WORDING CHOICES Survey vs. questionnaire That vs. which Affect vs. effect Since vs. because While vs. whereas

6. Only give info that’s relevant Integrate and combine Avoid stat speak, analyses APA style!

7. PLAGIARISM EXERCISE How can you plagiarize/cheat? Why is it bad? How many words can you use? What if you put them in a different order or replace them with synonyms? What about taking people’s ideas instead of words? Primary vs. secondary sources

8. WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES? http://www.uni.edu/policies/301

9. HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM Strategies to avoid plagiarism Rewrite your notes Use “ in notes for quotes Always put page # for quotes Don’t use many quotes Read, then pause before writing Make notes on the article More important, more extreme Outline your paper and then fill in More important attitudes are more extreme. College students and elementary school children on school proposals (Harton & Latane, 1998) When judging others (Justin, 2000) Believe others will do too (McConahay & Costa, 2004)

10. But You don’t have to quote technical terms, scale names, etc. (but cite them) You don’t have to do at the end of every sentence You don’t have to have citations for “common knowledge”

11. UPCOMING THINGS Next week meet in library. Readings are for background. 9/16: article summary due 9/23: journal presentation due—instead of doing them as presentations, we’ll discuss them as a class. You’ll turn in A list of each journal ranked from high to low Background information for each journal addressing why you rated it as you did