Psychology Writing Center Writing Guides

We offer over 20 guides to writing scientific papers, using APA citation format, writing personal statements for graduate school, taking essay exams, and avoiding plagiarism.

Writing Guide Index

Writing guides are available at the Psychology Writing Center. Titles with icons next to them can be downloaded with Adobe Acrobat Reader (free).

 

RECOMMENDED WRITING GUIDES:
Title Link
Index of writing guides
Link to Index of writing guides pdf (9 KB)
All psychology courses Link to Recommended writing guides for psychology courses pdf (17 KB)
Psych 209: Fundamentals of Research in Psychology
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Lab/W courses (Psych 330,331,332)
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SCIENTIFIC WRITING & APA FORMAT
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Style points for scientific writing Style points for scientific writing link to pdf (15 KB)
Bem: Writing the empirical journal article | html |
Writing an APA empirical (lab) report Writing an APA empirical (lab) report link to pdf (28 KB)
APA lab report template APA lab report template link to pdf (14 KB)
Writing a psychology literature review Writing a psychology literature review link to pdf (25 KB)
Summarizing a research article Summarizing a research article link to pdf (14 KB)
Reporting statistical results in APA format Reporting statistical results in APA format link to pdf (12 KB)
Creating tables in APA format Creating tables in APA format link to pdf (32 KB)
How to use PsychInfo | html |

CITATIONS
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APA guide to citing electronic media | html |
APA citations: a guide for psychology undergraduates (with exercises) APA citations: a guide for psychology undergraduates (with exercises) link to pdf (24 KB)
Key to APA citations exercises Key to APA citations exercises link to pdf (9 KB)
APA citations: condensed guide APA citations: condensed guide link to pdf (16 KB)

AVOIDING PLAGIARISM
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How and when to cite How and when to cite link to pdf (11 KB)
UW statement of academic responsibility UW statement of academic responsibility link to pdf (17 KB)
Something Borrowed (Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker 11/22/04) | .doc | (105 KB)

GRADUATE SCHOOL APPLICATION
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Personal statements for graduate school Personal statements for graduate school link to pdf (12 KB)

GENERAL WRITING
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Participating in peer review How to make an outline link to pdf (117 KB)
What is an annotated bibliography? | html |
How to make an outline How to make an outline link to pdf (12 KB)
Apostrophes Apostrophes link to pdf (9 KB)

EXAMS & ASSIGNMENTS
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Taking essay exams Taking essay exams link to pdf (12 KB)
Critique' vs. 'examine': following directions Critique' vs. 'examine': following directions link to pdf (12 KB)

 

 

 

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