Deck 1: Read This First

Question 1

To write a psychology essay, students need to read current, relevant, extensive literature on the topic.At least one new source for each 100 words of the assignment is recommended.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Which of the following is not a way to increase the efficiency of your writing?

A)Writing concisely
B)Use of tautologies
C)Eliminating unnecessary words
D)Eliminating unnecessary sentences

Answer 2

Use of tautologies

Question 3

A report:

A)presents your answer in the form of an argument
B)describes research that you conducted
C)should use a lot of jargon and complicated terminology
D)is another name for an essay

Answer 3

describes research that you conducted

Question 4

Plagiarism of words is using twenty or more consecutive words of an author and not quoting the author using quotation marks, citing the author, and specifying the page number.

Question 5

Make sure all sentences are of roughly the same length in order to maintain reader interest.

Question 6

APA Editorial Style is:

A)a set of conventions developed to facilitate the written communication of complex scientific ideas and findings
B)a set of conventions developed to impede the written communication of complex scientific ideas and findings
C)a set of writing conventions used only by students of psychology
D)a set of writing conventions developed by the Australian Psychological Association

Question 7

Citations are references to other books, journal articles.They must include the author's surname and year of publication.

Question 8

Students should write at least two drafts of a report or essay.

Question 9

Essays require students to test one or more hypotheses.

Question 10

When writing a report, you describe research that you conducted.

Question 11

Plagiarism is:

A)not using quotation marks
B)falsifying data
C)copying someone else's assignment
D)presenting the words or ideas of someone else as if they were your own

Question 12

A student using the phrase "the theory behind this research is as old as the hills…" would be guilty of using:

A)pretentious language
B)a colloquialism
C)a cliché
D)emotive language

Question 13

When writing an excellent psychology assignment, you need to be well informed by reading current, relevant, and extensive literature on your topic.As a bare minimum, you need to read about one new source for

A)each assignment
B)every 1,000 words of your assignment
C)every 10 words of your assignment
D)every 100 words of your assignment

Question 14

Formal writing is:

A)intended to convey complex ideas in a simple manner
B)scholarly, polite, simple, precise, clear, and grammatical
C)used only in psychology
D)complicated

Question 15

Collusion is collaborating too closely with other students, especially without permission (i.e., submitting work that is not your own).

Question 16

When defending statements you make in your assignment, only two classes of defence are acceptable:

A)logical and empirical
B)fierce and unequivocal
C)logical and optimistic
D)qualitative and quantitative

Question 17

You should aim to have your assignment completed at least 48 hours ahead of the due date.

Question 18

In terms of writing an essay, an argument is:

A)presenting information on one side of an issue or topic
B)always impolite
C)An outline of the literature on a particular topic
D)a proposition the author tries to convince the reader is true about a particular topic

Question 19

A topic sentence is:

A)the concluding sentence at the end of an essay
B)the opening sentence at the beginning of an essay
C)a kind of title
D)a sentence that gives the major idea of the paragraph

Question 20

Handing assignments in past the due date will never result in a late penalty.

Question 21

Writing involves two separate jobs that you perform alternately.What are they?

Question 22

A reference list should:

A)list only textbooks
B)list only journal articles
C)list cited references in alphabetical order, in a hanging paragraph
D)list everything you have read, not only those you have cited in the body of your report or essay

Question 23

Writing involves two separate jobs that you perform alternately:

A)mounting arguments and refuting arguments
B)expressing your own ideas and expressing the ideas of others (using citations)
C)copying and pasting
D)writing and editing

Question 24

Regarding the last 48 hours before an assignment is due,

A)you should start thinking about what to write
B)you should get sick
C)you should not leave anything to be completed in the last 48 hours
D)you should be finished a first draft

Question 25

The best person to edit the final draft of your assignment is:

A)someone else, trustworthy yet unfamiliar with the topic
B)your instructor
C)you
D)someone who is an authority on the topic you are writing on

Question 26

Describe two ways in which students can demonstrate original thought when writing an assignment.

Question 27

What should be listed in the References section?

Question 28

What is meant by deductive logic?

Question 29

Level-3 headings:

A)are used for sub-sections within Level-1 sections
B)are rare in essays of fewer than about 2,000 words
C)are used for the Abstract, Title, and References
D)are left-justified, in boldface, with the first letter of each major word capitalised

Question 30

How should a quotation be presented in the body of an assignment?

Question 31

The heading for the Abstract:

A)should be a Level-3 heading
B)should be a Level-2 heading
C)should be a Level-1 heading
D)should be in red

Question 32

__________ is presenting the words or ideas of someone else as if they were your own

Question 33

"Breuer and Freud (1895) suggested that..." is an example of:

A)a name citation
B)a parenthetical citation
C)referencing
D)plagiarism

Question 34

The running head is:

A)an abbreviated title, of no more than 50 characters, that is shown on the top left corner of each page
B)the Abstract
C)an experience caused by having no idea what to write
D)a page at the beginning of your assignment with your name, student number, assignment topic, subject or unit code, due date, instructor's name, and word count

Question 35

Generally, when a character limit has been set on an assignment:

A)the limit does not matter
B)the limit does not include citations, the Abstract, or text in figures and tables
C)the limit includes all characters, but not spaces
D)the limit includes all characters and spaces in the main text including the Abstract, citations, dates, parenthetical comments, abbreviations, figure captions, and tables

Question 36

__________ is altering data or inventing data.

Question 37

Although APA editorial style allows the use of personal pronouns, the phrase "I think…" is one that ______________?