PSYCHOLOGY DISCOURSE
COMMUNITY
Brittany Cheshire, Victoria Buff, Jasmine Weiker,
Hannah Stafford, Anthony Mower.
AUDIENCES
Researchers
Authors
Students
Teachers
ABOUT WHAT….?
Review Papers
Assessments
Theoretical Papers
Hypothesis
Reports of empirical studies
Research Proposals
Articles
Thesis
Critical Analysis
Lab Reports
Essays
Books
SHARED GOALS.
Communication
Describe
Explain
Predict
Influence
SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
American Pain Society – A multidisciplinary organization, mission is to
advance pain related research, education, treatment, and professional practice.
American Psychiatric Association- A medical specialty society recognized
world-wide. Specialize the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional
illnesses.
PUBLICATIONS
American Pain Society
-Clinical Practical Guidelines
-Journal of Pain
-Principles of Analgesic Use in the Treatment of Acute Pain and Cancer Pain
PUBLICATIONS
American Psychiatric Association
The APA has made different publications, so here is an ex. from each.
-Dissertations and These From Start To finish: Psychology and Related Fields,
Second Edition
Parenting Children With ADHD: 10 Lessons That Medicine Cannot Teach
Toodles and Teeny: A story about friendship
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal
PROFESSORS AND STUDENT’S
ROLES OF WRITING.
William Siegfried –
“the people doing practice aren’t doing the research and aren’t doing the writing. Writing
general interest articles, something that is catchy and gets you publicity when you’re
marketing yourself to clients, private practices would like to show off an article that they
did because it impresses people, lots of self publishing as in publishing your own books,
outside of the university it’s for publicity.”
JARGON
Vo c ab u l a r y
S c i e n t i f i c Te r m i n o l og y
Introspection
Independent Variable
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD)
Dependent Variable
Control Group
Functional Fixedness
Placebo Effect
Operant Conditioning
Correlation Study.
ISSUES OF POWER
Successful within community.
Gaining recognition.
Raising awareness towards controversial subjects.
Competitive.
CONVENTIONS/EXPECTATIONS
Remain unbiased.
Never include first person.
Avoid direct questions.
Professional.
Clear, to the point.
Many audiences.
Understand psychological concepts.
CITATION STYLE
Why cite?
Ethics
APA Format
APA FORMAT
PORTFOLIOS
 Provide
 Familiarize
 Develop
 Ensure
PROFESSOR TALKS PORTFOLIO
Professor,
William Siegfried
Professor, 1101 Intro to Psych
Industrial Psychologist,
what is your definition of a portfolio used in the psychology field?
“… an evaluation and scrapbook where you
demonstrate that you can do things that are
important”
COMMUNICATION
Communication takes place through…
LITERACY.
Writing, reading, feedback, reviews!
PROFESSIONS
Psychiatrist
Psychoanalyst
Counseling Psychologist
Social Workers
HIRING EXPECTATIONS
Expect competition.
Grants.
Be updated.
Get a name for yourself.
Be original.
CITATIONS
Kwapil, Dr. Thomas R. "Portfolio Requirements." Department of Psychology. University of North Carolina Greensboro, n.d. Web.
31 Oct. 2012. <http://www.uncg.edu/psy/undergrad/portfolio.html>.
"APA Style Citations & References." Psychology Writing Center. University of Washington, n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2012.
<http://www.psych.uw.edu/writingcenter/writingguides/pdf/citations.pdf>.
"Evaluating and Citing Information." Library. Webster University, n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2012.
<http://library.webster.edu/online/nurs70.html>.
Cherry, Kendra. "Citing in APA Format." Psychology. About.com, n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2012.
<http://psychology.about.com/od/apastyle/a/apa-citing.htm>.