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APA Title & Introduction Section

APA Title & Introduction Section. APA Title. State the central topic clearly and concisely The relationship between drug use and sexual aggression in men across time. 2. Mention major variables under investigation

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APA Title & Introduction Section

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  1. APA Title & Introduction Section

  2. APA Title • State the central topic clearly and concisely • The relationship between drug use and sexual aggression in men across time. • 2. Mention major variables under investigation • ADHD prevalence and association with hoarding behaviors in childhood-onset OCD. • No more than 12 words • Parental and mating effort: Is there necessarily a trade-off?

  3. APA Title • What is wrong with these titles? • Example 1: • WS-50030 [7-{4-[3-(1H-inden-3-yl)propyl]piperazin-1-yl}-1,3-benzoxazol-2(3H)-one]: A novel dopamine D₂ receptor partial agonist/serotonin reuptake inhibitor with preclinical antipsychotic-like and antidepressant-like activity. • Example 2: • Memory study. • Example 3: • The color of night: A longitudinal study.

  4. APA Introduction Section • General introduction of the topic • A frequent finding in the area of social/personality development is that males display significantly more physical aggression than females. • 2. Presentation of theoretical background (What explains the topic you are discussing?) • …males and females may not differ so much in the strength of their aggressive drive, but rather in the manner in which it is expressed. • One common explanation for sex differences in aggression…

  5. APA Introduction Section 3. Review of past research on the topic Several research findings are pertinent to the above position… 4. Rationale for current investigation In light of these issues, the present study set out to examine sex differences in children’s expression of aggression and aggression anxiety…

  6. APA Introduction Section 5. Current experiment is introduced Aggression anxiety was measured by means of a TAT-like procedure… 6. Explicit statement of hypotheses On the basis of past research, it was expected that girls would display greater evidence of aggression control in fantasy than boys. Furthermore, it was speculated that boys would display more physical aggression than girls, both in action and fantasy…

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