Whether you would like to further your studies by getting a masters degree or Ph.D. in psychology, you need a solid background in scientific writing. Most students come in as psychology majors writing as they did in high school or exactly as they were taught in English class. However, excelling in graduate school in psychology (and maybe getting into graduate school in psychology as well) requires changing your writing style to be concise, less “flowery,” and using data or credible sources of information, such as academic journal articles, to provide evidence for your major claims.

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