Psychology

Research Article Summary Worksheet (Due 9/23)

1. What broad research question(s) did the authors address in this study?

(Hint: the authors did not phrase their questions explicitly, but they may be inferred from the hypotheses)

2. What did the authors expect to happen in their study?

3. In your own words, describe the participants (number, age, gender, race).

4. In your own words, describe what the participants did in the study, i.e. the procedure.

5. What were the independent and dependent variables in the study? How were the dependent variables measured?

6. Is this a clinical, case study, observational, correlational, experimental, quasi-experimental, or ethnographic study? Why?

7. In your own words, what were the main findings, or results, of the study?

8. On a separate page, please identify 3 strengths and 3 weaknesses of this study (bullet points ok). Please also write a paragraph on your personal reaction to the findings of the study and the authors’ conclusions. Total: approximately half a page, double spaced, 12 point font.