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4.1: Writing for psychology journals
4.2: Writing about psychology in theology journals
4.3: research outputs for non-academic audiences
4.4: How to create and present a research poster
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Writing for Psychology Journals
Dr Rebecca E. Hughes
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Overview
- Today we will go through…
- Introduction
- Methodology
- Results
- Discussion
- Formatting
- Should follow an “hourglass” structure
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Not a Mystery Novel
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Introduction
- Literature Review
- Focus on relating everything back to your topic and your idea of interest
- Think of an ”inverted triangle” structure, where you start with the broader literature and then lead down to your specific question and hypothesis
- This is the top of the hourglass of your paper
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Important points to remember with the introduction
- Start broad
- Always link back to your purpose
- Be concise
- Tell explicitly how the literature links to your idea, don’t simply summarize
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Methodology
- The aim is to make it so someone could read your methodology and be able to replicate your work and study design
- Be succinct and concise, but explicit.
- Don’t sacrifice clarity for brevity
- You can add supplemental materials, but the reader should be able to understand what you did solely from the methods section
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What are the basic elements of a methodology?
- Hypotheses (sometimes here, sometimes the intro)
- Participants
- Materials
- Procedure
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Participants
- Demographics
- How many total
- How many removed (if so, and what were the criteria)
- If conditions, breakdown numbers by condition
- Age
- Gender(s)
- Any other demographics of interest
- How were they recruited?
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An Example: Participants
- We recruited 635 participants from Amazon Mturk. We included 3 attention check questions, and removed participants who indicated inattention, leaving 605 participants’ data for analysis. There were 405 Females, 190 Males, and 25 Other, Mage= 45.2.
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Materials
- How did you measure what you were interested in?
- Example Questions
- Citations for measures used
- Often mean scores overall are included
- Metrics for the scale itself
- If you computed any scores, here is where you state that
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An Example: Materials
- We measured perceived cuteness of puppies and kittens on a 10-pt scale from 1=Cuteness Overload, 10=Absolutely Adorable.
- We computed 2 mean Cuteness scores: 1 for puppies 1 for kittens, for all participants
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Procedure
- What did your participants do?
- Give enough detail that someone could do exactly what you did
- Supplemental materials may be used here, but your reader should be able to understand your procedure and materials without having to look at any supplemental materials
- Do not sacrifice clarity for brevity
- Example: “8 participants were categorized and executed.”
- Might have your reader commenting and asking whether they are looking for a mass grave somewhere…
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An Example: Procedure
- Participants provided informed consent, and once given they were directed to the survey site. Participants viewed 30 pictures, 15 puppies and 15 kittens, shown in random order. Order of the first picture, whether a puppy or a kitten, was randomized among all participants. Participants rated all pictures on a cuteness scale of 1-10.
- After rating all pictures, participants provided demographic information, were debriefed, and thanked for their time.
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Results
- This should answer your hypotheses. Report the findings only
- Do not do too much interpretation in this section, that is saved for the discussion
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Preliminary exploration of the Data
- If you explore your data, explain what you have done here: e.g. normality, homogeneity, multicollinearity, skewness, etc etc etc
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Address your Hypotheses
- Do not go into interpretation here, but you can say whether your results support your hypothesis(ses)
- Remember…
- A NON-significant result is NOT an IN-significant result
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What Statistics do I include?
- Specific values are given by each test, however there are 3 that are standard to report you will receive from any test
- Test Value
- Significance
- Effect Size
- These should be reported in standard APA style
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Formatting
- Statistics are reported in formats particular to APA for psychology journals.
- Number of decimals
- Italicizing
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An Example: Results
- We ran a repeated measures t-test, comparing participants’ mean cuteness scores of puppies and their mean cuteness scores of kittens. Results indicate there was not a difference between ratings of puppies (M = 7.9) and ratings of kittens (M = 8.1), t(603) = 0.21, p = .786.
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Discussion
- This comes back to a “triangle” structure. Where you begin with your specific results and discussion of that, then lead onto the broader implications
- This is the bottom of the hourglass of your paper
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Hypotheses
- How do your results answer and relate to your hypotheses?
- We hypothesized that there would not be a difference in the cuteness ratings of puppies and kittens. [This is known as a null hypothesis and is actually not super common]
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Wider Literature
- How do your results relate to the wider literature?
- May refer back to literature cited in the introduction
- Do not introduce too much new literature in the discussion
- What are some possible explanations for your findings?
- If your results were surprising, why might this be?
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Limitations
- Always reflect on what may be limitations within methodology, interpretation, etc.
- However, don’t trash your work too much!
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Implications
- What are your implications of your work?
- How can your work inform new directions?
- Practical implications of your findings
- Be creative, but do not go beyond the scope of your findings
- “Men smoke because cigarettes are cheaper than women.”
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Future Directions
- What are some further studies you could run?
- What are you interested in following up about?
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Formatting
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APA 7 Seriation
When doing final formatting, APA style has specific format for headings:
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A Final Thought on the Writing
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One Way to Check the Flow of Your Paper
- Copy over ONLY the First and Last sentences of the paragraphs from your Introduction and Discussion
- Read through these and you should be able to follow the argument of the paper
- The first and last sentences should provide your main point, and the lead/link onto your next paragraph
- The middle bits of the paragraphs provide details
- The Methodology says how
- The Results provide proof
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Introduction to the History of Psychology
This introductory module explores the evolution of psychology from its philosophical roots to modern scientific approaches, highlighting key figures, paradigms, and shifts.
Writing about psychology in theology journals
This topic explores strategies for writing about psychology in theological journal articles. Drawing from a workshop by Dr Calida Chu, it covers journal selection, article structuring, and audience tailoring to enhance interdisciplinary dissemination.
How to create and present a research poster
This topic provides guidance and resources for academics wanting to create and present posters summarising their research projects.
Writing for non-academic audiences
This topic explores principles for communicating academic research to non-academic audiences, emphasising audience profiling, jargon-free clarity, and tailored formats like policy briefs, blogs, and multimedia.
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Module 4: Practical Outputs and Dissemination
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4.1: Writing for psychology journals
4.2: Writing about psychology in theology journals
4.3: research outputs for non-academic audiences
4.4: How to create and present a research poster
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writing for psychology journals
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writing for psychology journals
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writing for psychology journals
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Writing for Psychology Journals
Dr Rebecca E. Hughes
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Overview
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Not a Mystery Novel
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Introduction
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Important points to remember with the introduction
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Methodology
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What are the basic elements of a methodology?
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Participants
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An Example: Participants
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Materials
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An Example: Materials
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Procedure
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An Example: Procedure
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Results
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Preliminary exploration of the Data
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Address your Hypotheses
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What Statistics do I include?
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Formatting
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An Example: Results
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Discussion
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Hypotheses
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Wider Literature
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Limitations
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Implications
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Future Directions
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Formatting
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APA 7 Seriation
When doing final formatting, APA style has specific format for headings:
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A Final Thought on the Writing
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One Way to Check the Flow of Your Paper
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Writing about psychology in theology journals
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Presentation
Topic Summary
Reading List
For personal and class study only; do not redistribute or edit without the author’s permission.
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writing for non-academic audiences
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materials:
Topic Summary
Video (external)
Reading List
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Introduction to the History of Psychology
This introductory module explores the evolution of psychology from its philosophical roots to modern scientific approaches, highlighting key figures, paradigms, and shifts.
Writing about psychology in theology journals
This topic explores strategies for writing about psychology in theological journal articles. Drawing from a workshop by Dr Calida Chu, it covers journal selection, article structuring, and audience tailoring to enhance interdisciplinary dissemination.
How to create and present a research poster
This topic provides guidance and resources for academics wanting to create and present posters summarising their research projects.
Writing for non-academic audiences
This topic explores principles for communicating academic research to non-academic audiences, emphasising audience profiling, jargon-free clarity, and tailored formats like policy briefs, blogs, and multimedia.