1. The Name Game

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The introduction
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The method
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The results
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The conclusion ( and recommendations).
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(The comments made by the writer of the article
– if any. These are not part of the report

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What’s in a name
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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.
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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. ‘

5. 
What’s in a name? The secret to your success new research
suggests.

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

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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.

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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
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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

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

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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. ‘

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o
The method
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o
The results
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o
The conclusion ( and recommendations).
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
(The comments made by the writer of the article
– if any. These are not part of the report

12. 
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. ‘

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

14. such as
Names and titles
Places
Titles of journals
Examples
Repetitions
Jokes and puns
Quotes

15. 
What‟s in a name? The secret to your success
new research suggests.

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

24. 
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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.

25. 

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.

26. 
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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.

27. 
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. „

28. 
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. „

29. 
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. „

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Rephrase the parts kept

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

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

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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)
.

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

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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…

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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.

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(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.

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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.

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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.

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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.