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This is a supplemental text for all psychology courses that facilitates, invigorates, and enhances student learning by teaching students to read and write effectively.
List of contents
To the Student: Welcome to a Community of Skilled Observers and Helpers
To the Teacher: What's New in the Third Edition?
PART 1 READING AND WRITING FOR INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY COURSES
1 Read and Write to Understand People
1.1 Reading Psychology Analytically
Read & Write 1.1: Analyze a Chapter from a Psychology Classic
1.2 Reading News as Interpersonal Influence
Read & Write 1.2: Critique a Lead News Article
2 Read and Write Effectively
2.1 Get into the Flow of Writing
Read & Write 2.1: Identify an Unanswered Question in Psychology
2.2 Organize Your Qualitative Writing
Read & Write 2.2: Write a Chapter Outline
2.3 Draft, Revise, Edit, and Proofread
Read & Write 2.3: Discover Your Own Style
3 Practice the Craft of Scholarship
3.1 The Competent Writer
Read & Write 3.1: Correct a Sentence Fragment
3.2 Avoid Errors in Grammar and Punctuation
Read & Write 3.2: Proofread the Mental Health Bill
3.3 Format Your Paper and Its Contents Professionally
Read & Write 3.3: Explain the Data in the Table
3.4 Cite Your Sources Properly in APA Style
Read & Write 3.4: Compile a Usable Bibliography
3.5 Avoid Plagiarism
Read & Write 3.5: Summarize an Article from In-Mind
4 Become Familiar with Perspectives in Psychology
4.1 Psychodynamic
Read & Write 4.1: Meet Dali and Freud
4.2 Behaviorist
Read & Write 4.2: Discover What TED Talks Says about Behavior
4.3 Cognitive
Read & Write 4.3: Explore Problems and Potentials of Artificial Intelligence
5 Become Familiar with Skilled Observation
5.1 Skilled Listening
Read & Write 5.1: Conduct a Focus Group
5.2 Social Behavior
Read & Write 5.2: Interview a Counseling Psychologist
PART 2 BECOMING A PSYCHOLOGIST BY LEARNING SCHOLARSHIP SKILLS
6 Read and Write Professionally and Critically
6.1 Read and Write Qualitative Articles in Psychology
Read & Write 6.1: Write a Genogram as a Personal Case Study
6.2 Critique an Academic Article
Read & Write 6.2: Critique a Scholarly Psychology Article
6.3 Write a Book Review
Read & Write 6.3: Review a New Psychology Book
6.4 Write a Literature Review
Read & Write 6.4: Write a Psychology Literature Review
7 Research Effectively: Preliminary Scholarship
7.1 Institute an Effective Research Process
Read & Write 7.1: Write a Research Proposal
7.2 Evaluate the Quality of Online and Printed Information
Read & Write 7.2: Locate and List a Dozen High-Quality Sources
PART 3PRACTICING PSYCHOLOGY IN ADVANCED COURSES
8 Brain and Body
8.1 Biological Psychology
Read & Write 8.1: Explore the Relationship of Climate Change to Mental Health
8.2 Sensation Perception
Read & Write 8.2: Discover Movement and Depth in Art
9 Becoming Ourselves
9.1 Developmental Psychology
Read & Write 9.1: Explore the Perils of Pseudomaturity
9.2 Motivation and Emotion
Read & Write 9.2: Discover a Diary of Anger, Sadness, and Fear
9.3 Personality
Read & Write 9.3: Know Thyself
9.4 Social Psychology
Read & Write 9.4: Reflect on the Psychological Foundations of Ideology
9.5 Abnormal Psychology
Read & Write 9.5: Explore the Psychology of Violence
10 Fundamentals of Psychological Science
10.1Experimental Psychology
Read & Write 10.1: Write an Experimental Research Paper
10.2 Statistics for Psychology
Read & Write 10.2: Calculate Statistical Significance
References
Index
About the author
Jill M. Scott (late) was professor emerita of psychology at the University of Central Oklahoma.
Gregory M. Scott is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Central Oklahoma.
Stephen M. Garrison is professor of English and creative writing, former chair of the Department of English, and director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Central Oklahoma.
Summary
This is a supplemental text for all psychology courses that facilitates, invigorates, and enhances student learning by teaching students to read and write effectively.
