Genre Analysis: Three Different Voices of Retrograde Amnesia
The main purpose of writing in psychology is to share existent or new knowledge in the field with a wider audience. Since many psychology-related research are conducted within institutionalized laboratories, only a selective group of people, such as researchers, research assistants, and research review board members know about the conducted research’s progress. Therefore, scientists, who obtain respectable degrees, usually write comprehensive papers dedicated to the progress of their research, while embracing the purpose of reporting their findings, whether these findings are significant or not. Likewise, some researchers report findings from several previously conducted research to have a detailed analysis of what type of work has been done in the field related to a specific subject. In the interest of analyzing what kind of attitude psychological papers generally adapt to, I chose three papers about a neuropsychological condition that has been widely researched within the field called retrograde amnesia, the loss of memory for events that have happened in the past (Goldstein 193). I am going to analyze following papers to have a better understanding of psychology as a discipline: “Emotion-Induced Retrograde Amnesia and Trait Anxiety” (1), …show more content…
They all use APA Manual and some widely accepted subsections for formatting, as well as using experimental designs, quantitative data, questions like “how and why”, and field and textual research as modes of inquiry. These patterns are widely accepted because they provide an immense sense of organization to the paper, while providing data that can be recognized as solid evidence. In other words, these established similarities allow researchers to obtain coherence, and find their own rhythm as a
The main purpose of writing in psychology is to share existent or new knowledge in the field with a wider audience. Since many psychology-related research are conducted within institutionalized laboratories, only a selective group of people, such as researchers, research assistants, and research review board members know about the conducted research’s progress. Therefore, scientists, who obtain respectable degrees, usually write comprehensive papers dedicated to the progress of their research, while embracing the purpose of reporting their findings, whether these findings are significant or not. Likewise, some researchers report findings from several previously conducted research to have a detailed analysis of what type of work has been done in the field related to a specific subject. In the interest of analyzing what kind of attitude psychological papers generally adapt to, I chose three papers about a neuropsychological condition that has been widely researched within the field called retrograde amnesia, the loss of memory for events that have happened in the past (Goldstein 193). I am going to analyze following papers to have a better understanding of psychology as a discipline: “Emotion-Induced Retrograde Amnesia and Trait Anxiety” (1), …show more content…
They all use APA Manual and some widely accepted subsections for formatting, as well as using experimental designs, quantitative data, questions like “how and why”, and field and textual research as modes of inquiry. These patterns are widely accepted because they provide an immense sense of organization to the paper, while providing data that can be recognized as solid evidence. In other words, these established similarities allow researchers to obtain coherence, and find their own rhythm as a