Inside Her Pretty Little Head Analysis

ASSIGNMENT 1
Plagiarism is when you take other people’s original word or ideas and treat it as your own without citing the sources.
Example 1
According to Cunningham, Roberts – the masculine brain is more inclined to focus on activities such as analysing facts, deconstructing activity and following logic.
The above is an example of plagiarism because:
- The writer did not put the quoted text within a quotation marks “”
- The writer did not cite the source
The correct way of writing would be:
Cunningham and Roberts (2012, p. 33) stated, “the masculine brain is more inclined to focus on activities such as analysing facts, deconstructing activity and following logic.”
Reference
Cunningham, J., & Roberts, P. (2012). Inside her pretty little head. London: Marshall Cavendish Business
Example 2
This is the original text from Inside Her Pretty Little Head by Jane Cunningham and Philippa Roberts.:
It explains why women tend to be more comfortable with emotion, seem to be better able to process facial and non-verbal behaviour and, importantly, seem to have an enhanced ability to see the ‘whole’, not just its constituent parts. The female brain takes in the many different types of information – feelings, nonverbal communication, aesthetics – and creates connections between them to build a picture of the whole, without first analysing what may or may not be of use. The male brain, by contrast, sorts information in a logical, linear, focused