The Psychologist's Companion: A Guide to Professional Success for Students, Teachers, and Researchers

by Robert J. Sternberg, Karin Sternberg

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781316505182
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	10/31/2016
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	552
Product dimensions:	5.94(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

Robert J. Sternberg is Professor of Human Development at Cornell University, New York. Formerly, he was IBM Professor of Psychology and Education at Yale University, Connecticut. He is a former president of the American Psychological Association and Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences. His PhD is from Stanford University, California and he holds 13 honorary doctorates. He is a member of the National Academy of Education and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as well as a fellow of the APA, APS, AAAS, and AERA. Sternberg has written over 1500 books and articles and has been cited in the professional literature roughly 100,000 times.

Karin Sternberg is Research Associate in the Department of Human Development at Cornell University, New York. She has a PhD in psychology from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and an MBA from the University of Cooperative Education, Karlsruhe, Germany. She has studied at Yale University, Connecticut and did her postdoctoral work in social psychology at the University of Connecticut. Sternberg worked as a research associate at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and School of Public Health. She held a grant from the National Institute of Aging on developing cognitive skills in older individuals. She is the author of Psychology of Love 101.

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

'The newest edition of The Psychologist’s Companion is an engaging, accessible and helpful text filled with useful and practical advice for psychologists at all stages of their career. The authors have created a text that will no doubt continue to be an essential resource for students and early-career psychologists amongst others.' Bryan McCann, The Psychologist

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