This guide will help you get started with your research for your semester-long project in PSY 300. It is specifically designed to help with assignment A, but will be useful throughout the course.
For Assignment A: Summarizing A Single Resource each student will find a relevant, empirical article (See: Finding Your Article) from a mainstream psychology journal and produce a concise and comprehensive summary of the article. You will find the following steps on your assignment handout:
- Identify the predictions or hypotheses of the study (and any relevant theory).
- Identify the method used and briefly describe the necessary details,
- Identify and classify the independent and dependent variables (conceptual and operational).
- Summarize the results and the degree of support they offer for the hypotheses.
- Write our the full APA-formatted reference for the article you chose.
- Which search method did you use to locate this reference?
- What type of information does this reference represent?
- What makes this specific reference not just a source of information on the topic, but more precisely a good and relevant source of information?
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