The Abstract is a one paragraph summary of the report. Write in block style (the first line is not indented) and use 120 words or less. Describe the problem under investigation in one sentence. Describe the participants’/subjects’ pertinent characteristics (number, type, age, sex, and for animals include genus and species). Describe the experimental method, including apparatus, data collection procedures, complete test names, and dosages/administration routes of drugs. Describe the findings (significance levels), conclusions, applications, or implications. The present paper provides an overview of the writing style of the American Psychological Association. Each section of this paper presents descriptions of what should be contained within
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The body of a report is made up of four parts, the Introduction, the Methods, the Results, and the Discussion section. Sometimes papers include a Conclusions section, especially when multiple studies are reported. The Introduction contains the thesis statement telling the reader what the research problem is and a description of why the problem is important, and a review of the relevant literature. For example, Menahem’s (1984) model of psychotherapy for the dead provides us with a good example of an introductory paragraph: “It is time to ‘bury the myth’ that some people are untreatable by modern psychotherapy. In recent years people with untreatable ‘narcissistic character disorders’ have suddenly become treatable. It is the contention of this author that there is one group that has been totally neglected by psychotherapists–the dead. Why have they been so ignored? Probably because fat cat therapists only want to take on articulate, motivated …show more content…
They reported that there were no incidents of arrogant behavior since the patient’s death” (p. 1-2). Also, several researchers have noted that doing psychotherapy with dead presents some problems not seen in living populations (Aspelmeier, 1999). The dead have been found to show higher level of depression (McKay, Garison, & Hatt, 2000), less intense affective (mood) states (Menahem, 1994), and more passivity (Rocky & Bullwinkle, 1970) compared with living individuals currently in therapy. Also, It has been found that dead participants are far more likely to suffer from sexual dysfunction including impotence and lack of sexual drive (McKay et al., 2001). The conclusion of your literature review should include a critique of the current state of the literature that points out areas in the literature that you feel are being neglected. This critique should help establish the rationale for the present study. For example, if you are using a new and different manipulation, predictor, or dependent variable emphasize this in your review of the earlier
The body of a report is made up of four parts, the Introduction, the Methods, the Results, and the Discussion section. Sometimes papers include a Conclusions section, especially when multiple studies are reported. The Introduction contains the thesis statement telling the reader what the research problem is and a description of why the problem is important, and a review of the relevant literature. For example, Menahem’s (1984) model of psychotherapy for the dead provides us with a good example of an introductory paragraph: “It is time to ‘bury the myth’ that some people are untreatable by modern psychotherapy. In recent years people with untreatable ‘narcissistic character disorders’ have suddenly become treatable. It is the contention of this author that there is one group that has been totally neglected by psychotherapists–the dead. Why have they been so ignored? Probably because fat cat therapists only want to take on articulate, motivated …show more content…
They reported that there were no incidents of arrogant behavior since the patient’s death” (p. 1-2). Also, several researchers have noted that doing psychotherapy with dead presents some problems not seen in living populations (Aspelmeier, 1999). The dead have been found to show higher level of depression (McKay, Garison, & Hatt, 2000), less intense affective (mood) states (Menahem, 1994), and more passivity (Rocky & Bullwinkle, 1970) compared with living individuals currently in therapy. Also, It has been found that dead participants are far more likely to suffer from sexual dysfunction including impotence and lack of sexual drive (McKay et al., 2001). The conclusion of your literature review should include a critique of the current state of the literature that points out areas in the literature that you feel are being neglected. This critique should help establish the rationale for the present study. For example, if you are using a new and different manipulation, predictor, or dependent variable emphasize this in your review of the earlier