Question 1

A report:

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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

Question 2

__________ is altering data or inventing data.

Accepted Answer

The answer of __________ is altering data or inventing data....

Question 3

A topic sentence is:

Accepted Answer

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 4

Plagiarism is:

Accepted Answer

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 5

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

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The answer of Writing involves two separate jobs that you...

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

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 7

In terms of writing an essay, an argument is:

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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 8

The heading for the Abstract:

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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 9

Writing involves two separate jobs that you perform alternately:

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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 10

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

Formal writing is:

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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 12

A reference list should:

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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 13

What should be listed in the References section?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What should be listed in the References...

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What is meant by deductive logic?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is meant by deductive logic?...

Question 16

Regarding the last 48 hours before an assignment is due,

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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 17

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

Accepted Answer

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

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