PSYB01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Ampersand, Diffusion Mri, Taylor & Francis
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The american psychological association (apa) format provides us with a blueprint (cid:173) title, abstract, introduction, method. Results, discussion, references, author notes, footnotes, tables, figure captions, and figures. Concise, clear, and interesting are adjectives that frequently describe apa writing style. Apa style emphasizes written language that is sensitive to racial and ethnic identity gender, age, sexual orientation, and disabilities. The goal is to eliminate sexism and ethnic bias in writing (cid:173) In describing people, a general rule is to refer to people in terms as they prefer. In research reports of studies of persons with disabilities, be very mindful of the stigmatizing effects of diagnostic labels (cid:173) ex. Do not use the term schizophrenic as a noun, but rather use the phrase a person with the diagnosis of schizophrenia. When comparing a group of people with a disability, such as a diagnosis of schizophrenia, with a control group, do not describe the control group as the normal group.
