Writing Academic Documents in Psychology: Sources, Grey Literature, and Internet Challenges

🔑 Precision in academic writing means using the appropriate terms in the right context and avoiding vague words.

📚 Using unnecessary and complicated vocabulary in academic writing is discouraged.

🔍 A document should be written in a way that the terms used are easily understood, so constant dictionary or internet searches are not required.

📚 Understanding the appropriate use of terminology is crucial in academic writing.

🌍 Avoid mixing languages and using foreign words unnecessarily in academic writing.

🔑 The quality of access, area of knowledge, and source classification are important factors in academic writing.

🔍 Determining the accessibility of information sources: public vs private access.

💰 The classification of first-line sources and the need to pay for access.

🌍 The importance of conducting research in internationally recognized areas of knowledge.

📚 Reading and interpreting academic documents is an important skill for college students.

🌍 If a topic is recognized by UNESCO, it holds international recognition.

💥 There is a discussion about the so-called crisis.

📚 Some academic documents, like theses, are considered 'gray literature' because they are not widely published.

👥 Documents such as conference proceedings and research reports have limited visibility and validation, so they lack credibility among colleagues.

💡 For an academic document to be relevant, it needs to be made public and receive feedback from colleagues.

📚 There are various types of sources of information, including audiovisual materials, books, and images.

🌐 The internet is a dynamic source of information that includes multimedia content.

⚠️ When citing information from the internet, it is important to be cautious about the reliability and potential changes of the source.