Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

should never be used in a psychology assignment

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Level-3 headings:

Accepted Answer

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 6

Essays require students to test one or more hypotheses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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 8

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

APA Editorial Style is:

Accepted Answer

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 10

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

Accepted Answer

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 11

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of How should a quotation be presented in...

Question 17

The running head is:

Accepted Answer

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 18

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of __________ is presenting the words or ideas...

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of Describe two ways in which students can...

Exam 1: Read This First

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

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.

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

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

Level-3 headings:

Essays require students to test one or more hypotheses.

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

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

APA Editorial Style is:

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

The running head is:

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

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

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