The Psychologist's Companion, 6th edition is written for students, young professionals, and even mid-career scholars. It is the most comprehensive guide available to both written and oral communication processes for academic psychologists. It covers the topics necessary for career success, including planning papers, writing papers, presenting data, evaluating one's papers, writing grant proposals, giving talks, finding a book publisher, doing job interviews, and doing media interviews. Because the book is in its sixth edition, it is market tested for success in reaching and engaging its readers. Two special (new) pedagogical features are 'Experience is the best teacher', which draws on the authors' personal experiences to help make the book more personalized and exciting to readers, and 'What's wrong here', which gives readers an opportunity for active learning while they read the book. The authors have written the book in a personable and often humorous style that will keep readers engaged.
Preface; Introduction; Part I. Macro-Challenges in Writing Papers: Planning and Formulating Papers: 1. Eight common misconceptions about psychology papers; 2. How to generate, evaluate, and sell your ideas for research and papers; 3. Literature research; 4. Writing a literature review; 5. Planning and writing the experimental research paper; 6. Ethics in research and writing; Part II. Micro-Challenges in Writing Papers: Presenting Your Ideas in Writing: 7. A word about content, language, and style; 8. Commonly misused words; 9. American Psychological Association guidelines for psychology papers; 10. Guidelines for data presentation; Part III. Writing and Preparing Papers for Journal Submission: 11. Article writing; 12. How to make your paper even better: proofreading, revising, and editing; 13. Critical checklist before submitting an article for publication; 14. Deciding on a journal and submitting a paper to a journal; Part IV. Presenting Yourself to Others: 15. Preparing a poster presentation; 16. Writing a grant or contract proposal; 17. How to find a book publisher; 18. Writing a lecture; 19. Doing a job interview; 20. Doing media interviews; Epilogue; References.
