Your paper should be typewritten and double-spaced with the usual margins and should include a full and proper citation of the article you have chosen. It should be 1-2 pages long, typed, double-spaced, 12 Font Size.
Please include a reference page.
-Summarize Article
Identify the type of article in the introduction. (i.e., literature review, study, theoretical, ETC.) What is the problem or question(s) this research concerns? You should be able to identify the central focus. If there are additional secondary problems, identify these too.
Briefly, what do the key findings turn out to be?
***Note- If you select a study or experiment, make sure you answer the following:
What is the source of the data? (That is, questionnaire, intensive interview, documents, existing statistical information, observations, laboratory manipulations, field manipulations, ETC.) In some studies, there are two or more sources of data. Give a brief overview of how the data was acquired.
-Critique the methods used and the findings presented.
“Citations in-text” practice:
Using the article, provide an example of an in-text citation for when you cite a reference at the end of a sentence (in parentheses) and an example for when you cite a reference by mentioning the researchers’ name in the sentence.
I.e., The author selected research articles and other writings from the field for review and analysis.
-Offerour opinion on the value of the study. base or the goals of psychology, i.e., to describe, explain, predict and influence behavior? What does it add to our knowledge of psychology?