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    <![CDATA[How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing]]>
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    <![CDATA[All students and professors need to write, and many struggle   to finish their stalled dissertations, journal articles, book chapters, or   grant proposals. Writing is hard work and can be difficult to wedge into a   frenetic academic schedule. In this practical, light-hearted, and   encouraging book, Paul J. Silvia explains that writing productively does   not require innate skills or special traits but specific tactics and   actions. Drawing examples from his own field of psychology, he shows   readers how to overcome motivational roadblocks and become prolific without   sacrificing evenings, weekends, and vacations. After describing strategies   for writing productively, the author gives detailed advice from the   trenches on how to write, submit, revise, and resubmit articles; how to   improve writing quality; and how to write and publish academic work.]]>
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    <![CDATA[What Psychology Majors Could (And Should) Be Doing: An Informal Guide to Research Experience and Professional Skills]]>
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    <![CDATA[More students are majoring in psychology than ever before--over 85,000 students graduate with psychology degrees each year--so competition for grad-school spots and good jobs is fierce. What are you doing to stand out from the other hundreds of thousands of psychology majors? If a good GPA is all you have to show for your years in college, you may be in trouble.  <br/><br/>  To go beyond the minimum, students could (<em>and should</em>) get involved in research, develop their scientific writing skills, attend conferences, join clubs and professional organizations, build a library of professional books, and present their research. By getting out of the classroom and actively participating in the real world of psychology, students can build skills that will prepare them for the competitive realms of graduate school and the workforce. Written in a lighthearted and humorous tone, this book shows both grad-school bound and career-bound students how to seek out and make the most of these opportunities.  ]]>
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    <![CDATA[Psychologists have always been interested in interest, and so modern research on interest can be found in nearly every area of the field: Researchers studying emotions, cognition, development, education, aesthetics, personality, motivation, and vocations have developed intriguing ideas about what interest is and how it works. Exploring the Psychology of Interest presents an integrated picture of how interest has been studied in all the wide-ranging areas of psychology. Using modern theories of cognition and emotion as an integrative framework, Paul Silvia examines the nature of interest, what makes things interesting, the role of interest in personality, and the development of peoples idiosyncratic interests, hobbies, and avocations. His examination reveals deep similarities between seemingly different fields of psychology and illustrates the profound importance of interest, curiosity, and intrinsic motivation for understanding why people do what they do. The most comprehensive work of its kind, Exploring the Psychology of Interest will be a valuable resource for student and professional researchers in cognitive, social, and developmental psychology.]]>
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