How to write a Summary

The Name Game

Task 1

o The introduction  o The method

 o The results

 o The conclusion ( and recommendations).

 

(The comments made by the writer of the article – if any. These are not part of the report

Find the following in the text

What’s in a name? The secret to your success new research suggests.

A recent study published in the Journal of Social Psychology found that people tend to predict career success on how well a person’s name matches the gender associated with their vocation. Ohio University (OU) researchers asked participants to read descriptions of people – including their name and occupation – and found that they deemed women with a more feminine name like Emma or Clarissa more likely to be successful in traditional female occupations such as nursing and primary school teaching, while men with a more masculine name like Hank or Dave were expected to excel at jobs like plumbing or carpentry – traditionally considered a male career.

The results suggest that people with names that don’t “ fit “ their desired career might have more difficulty finding work than equally qualified colleagues with more fitting names. This surprised James Bruning, Ph.D., and OU psychology professor and the study’s lead author. ‘We thought that with today’s political correctness, everybody would be assumed to be able to do everything equally well – but we just didn’t find that.” He suggests that parents ‘be aware of the name they give because it probably does reflect their expectations for the child. ‘

The Name Game

What’s in a name? The secret to your success new research suggests.

The introduction

Ohio University (OU) researchers asked participants to read descriptions of people – including their name and occupation

The method

found that they deemed women with a more feminine name like Emma or Clarissa more likely to be successful in traditional female occupations such as nursing and primary school teaching, while men with a more masculine name like Hank or Dave were expected to excel at jobs like plumbing or carpentry – traditionally considered a male career.

The results

A recent study published in the Journal of Social Psychology found that people tend to predict career success on how well a person’s name matches the gender associated with their vocation

The results suggest that people with names that don’t “ fit “ their desired career might have more difficulty finding work than equally qualified colleagues with more fitting names

The conclusion ( and recommendations).

These are NOT part of the report and can be left out of your summary!

(The comments made by the writer of the article )

James Bruning, Ph.D., and OU psychology professor and the study’s lead author. ‘We thought that with today’s political correctness, everybody would be assumed to be able to do everything equally well – but we just didn’t find that.” He suggests that parents ‘be aware of the name they give because it probably does reflect their expectations for the child. ‘

(The comments made by the writer of the article )

 o The method

 o The results

 o The conclusion ( and recommendations).

 

(The comments made by the writer of the article – if any. These are not part of the report

Find the following in the text

A recent study published in the Journal of Social Psychology found that people tend to predict career success on how well a person’s name matches the gender associated with their vocation.

Ohio University (OU) researchers asked participants to read descriptions of people – including their name and occupation – and found that they deemed women with a more feminine name like Emma or Clarissa more likely to be successful in traditional female occupations such as nursing and primary school teaching, while men with a more masculine name like Hank or Dave were expected to excel at jobs like plumbing or carpentry – traditionally considered a male career.

The results suggest that people with names that don’t “ fit “ their desired career might have more difficulty finding work than equally qualified colleagues with more fitting names. This surprised James Bruning, Ph.D., and OU psychology professor and the study’s lead author. ‘We thought that with today’s political correctness, everybody would be assumed to be able to do everything equally well – but we just didn’t find that.” He suggests that parents ‘be aware of the name they give because it probably does reflect their expectations for the child. ‘

The Name Game

Now you have the parts, bar out all the unnecessary words or

phrases

Task 2

such asNames and titles

Places

Titles of journals

Examples

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What’s in a name? The secret to your success new research suggests.

Introduction

What’s in a name? The secret to your success new research suggests.

Introduction

What’s in a name? The secret to your success new research suggests.

Introduction

Ohio University (OU) researchers asked participants to read descriptions of people – including their name and occupation –

Method

Ohio University (OU) researchers asked participants to read descriptions of people – including their name and occupation –

Method

Ohio University (OU) researchers asked participants to read descriptions of people – including their name and occupation –

Method

found that they deemed women with a more feminine name like Emma or Clarissa more likely to be successful in traditional female occupations such as nursing and primary school teaching, while men with a more masculine name like Hank or Dave were expected to excel at jobs like plumbing or carpentry – traditionally considered a male career.

Results

found that they deemed women with a more feminine name like Emma or Clarissa more likely to be successful in traditional female occupations such as nursing and primary school teaching, while men with a more masculine name like Hank or Dave were expected to excel at jobs like plumbing or carpentry – traditionally considered a male career.

Results

found that they deemed women with a more feminine name like Emma or Clarissa more likely to be successful in traditional female occupations such as nursing and primary school teaching, while men with a more masculine name like Hank or Dave were expected to excel at jobs like plumbing or carpentry – traditionally considered a male career.

Results

A recent study published in the Journal of Social Psychology found that people tend to predict career success on how well a person’s name matches the gender associated with their vocation.

The results suggest that people with names that don’t “ fit “ their desired career might have more difficulty finding work than equally qualified colleagues with more fitting names.

Conclusion ( & recommendations)

A recent study published in the Journal of Social Psychology found that people tend to predict career success on how well a person’s name matches the gender associated with their vocation.

The results suggest that people with names that don’t “ fit “ their desired career might have more difficulty finding work than equally qualified colleagues with more fitting names.

Conclusion ( & recommendations)

A recent study published in the Journal of Social Psychology found that people tend to predict career success on how well a person’s name matches the gender associated with their vocation.

The results suggest that people with names that don’t “ fit “ their desired career might have more difficulty finding work than equally qualified colleagues with more fitting names.

Conclusion ( & recommendations)

This surprised James Bruning, Ph.D., and OU psychology professor and the study’s lead author. ‘We thought that with today’s political correctness, everybody would be assumed to be able to do everything equally well – but we just didn’t find that.” He suggests that parents ‘be aware of the name they give because it probably does reflect their expectations for the child. ‘

Comments

This surprised James Bruning, Ph.D., and OU psychology professor and the study’s lead author. ‘We thought that with today’s political correctness, everybody would be assumed to be able to do everything equally well – but we just didn’t find that.” He suggests that parents ‘be aware of the name they give because it probably does reflect their expectations for the child. ‘

Comments

This surprised James Bruning, Ph.D., and OU psychology professor and the study’s lead author. ‘We thought that with today’s political correctness, everybody would be assumed to be able to do everything equally well – but we just didn’t find that.” He suggests that parents ‘be aware of the name they give because it probably does reflect their expectations for the child. ‘

Comments

Rephrase the parts kept

Task 3

Name may predict success. What is in a name? The effects of naming a child.

Suggested new titles

a name? The secret to your success new research suggests.

Introduction

There has been new research into the efects of namegiving.

New research (in psychology) has shown the effects of giving a name.

Researchers have found a link between your name and your rate of career success.

A person’s name could predict his or her career success according to new research(in psychology) .

Suggestions: introduction

researchers asked participants to read descriptions of people – including their name and occupation –

Method

Researchers asked people to read descriptions of other people which included their name and profession.

People /participants were asked to read information about people that included their names and occupations / jobs.

The study was conducted by asking…

Suggestions: method

found that they deemed women with a more feminine name like Emma or Clarissa more likely to be successful in traditional female occupations such as nursing and primary school teaching, while men with a more masculine name like Hank or Dave were expected to excel at jobs like plumbing or carpentry – traditionally considered a male career.

Results

(The results were that) the participants thought women with a more feminine name would achieve more in traditional feminine jobs and men with a very masculine name would be more successful in masculine ones.

The participants expected women with a traditionally feminine name to succeed better at traditionally feminine jobs and men with a clearly masculine name to excel at masculine ones.

Suggestions: results 1

Women were thought to be better at their traditionally feminine jobs if their name was very feminine and for men the successful match was between a masculine name and a ditto job.

Suggestions: results 2

A recent study published in the Journal of Social Psychology found that people tend to predict career success on how well a person’s name matches the gender associated with their vocation.

The results suggest that people with names that don’t “ fit “ their desired career might have more difficulty finding work than equally qualified colleagues with more fitting names.

Conclusion ( & recommendations)

This study/ research concludes that people expect others to do better in life when their name fits their chosen career / profession.

The researchers came to the conclusion that we have a tendency to predict how good others will be at their job depending on their name.

Suggestions: conclusion