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PY3350 Research Methods
James C. Guy, Ph.D.
Summarize and Synthesize Assignment
This assignment has four main goals:
1. To demonstrate your ability to use the online library
2. To properly "summarize and synthesize" information from sources
3. To properly cite information
4. To correctly format papers in APA
INSTRUCTIONS: Locate at least three professional research articles on the topic of chocolate and psychology. Write 1-2 paragraphs using the sources you find and submit a correctly formatted and cited APA paper which includes a title page, body, and reference page. You do not need to include an abstract for this assignment. See the more detailed instructions as follows:
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Do not use the internet or other sources for this assignment, even though you can often find sources using Google Scholar or similar academic search engines. ONLY professional, peer-reviewed journals will be accepted. Using non-professional sources such as Wikipedia, SimplyPsychology, or internet blogs will result in a "F" for the assignment. Also, keep in mind that original research will not include terms such as "a review" or "book review" in the title. Be sure the articles are from authors who actually conducted the original research. It will usually be clear in the abstract and methodology. For example, "We surveyed 200 children.....; We found that.....; In the current research, it was hypothesized....."
Your paper must be correctly formatted in APA and submitted as a Word document in Bb. It should include a title page, a reference page, and a body that includes 1-2 paragraphs, all in APA format. The information must be SUMMARIZED AND SYNTHESIZED and properly cited. It should include ONLY ONE quote, and several other citations of the information included.
Keep in mind that when you SUMMARIZE information, you do not simply restate what the author said. You can include quotes, but they should be kept to a minimum (Include only one for this assignment). A summary requires you to process and understand the information you are reading. You then SYNTHESIZE the information in a logical and clear way so that your reader can see how you put the information together. A synthesis is not simply a string of information. Rather it is a "coming together" of the information in a logical way. A good way to see how that is done is to read professional articles and see how they do this. Most do a good job of SUMMARIZING and SYNTHESIZING. See the example below from Shimizu, F., and Suzuki, M. (2015). Notice there are several different sources summarized and cited in one paragraph. Notice also how the authors SYNTHESIZED the information by pulling together information from various sources into a cohesive thought and discussion.
Now, have fun practicing this with your assignment. You may even want to eat some chocolate as you do it!
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Role development is defined as an emergent process, which can be influenced by predefined role expectations, changing organizational requirements, individual needs, and ongoing interactions among actors in a particular role set (Miller, Joseph, & Apker, 2000). Some of the factors that affect nurses’ role development include skills, knowledge development (Ellis & Chater, 2012; Rasmussen, Henderson, & Muir-Cochrane, 2014), turbulent interactions (Heitz, Steiner, & Burman, 2004), personal characteristics, previous experience (Jones, 2005), support from others (Ellis & Chater, 2012; Jones, 2005), and communication (Boström, Hörnsten, Lundman, Stenlund, & Isaksson, 2013). The stages of nurses’ role development have been reported, but only among nurses working in hospitals (Benner, Tanner, & Chesla, 2009) and the community (Clancy, Oyefeso, & Ghodse, 2006).
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Shimizu, F., and Suzuki, M. (2015). Role development of nurses for technology-dependent children attending mainstream schools in Japan. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, (20), 87-97. doi: 10.1111/jspn.12105