Psychology Scientific Journal Article Critique

ArticleCritiqueOutline.pdf

My topic is: ________________________________________________________________________________________________

The title of my original scientific journal article is: _____________________________________________________________

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Introduction (PURPOSE: to educate the reader on the topic/concept) Must be written in 3rd person.

 Define your topic: _______________________________________________________________________

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 What are symptoms, statistics of occurrence, and/or current information in the field related

to your topic? __________________________________________________________________________

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Main body (PURPOSE: to explain the research conducted in the article: what, who, when, where, how) Must be

written in 3rd person.

 What were the researchers trying to discover? What was their hypothesis? ________________

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 Who were the participants/subjects? (Number of participants, Age, Gender/Sex, Criteria

met in order to be part of the study) _____________________________________________________

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 When and where was the research completed? _________________________________________

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 How long did the research take? ________________________________________________________

 How was the research conducted? (methodology – survey, experiment, observation, etc)

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 What did the researchers find? What was their results? ____________________________________

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Summary/conclusion (PURPOSE: to show critical thinking in regards to the research) Must be written in 1st person

and contain your opinion.

 What is your opinion about the research? Was it done well or not? Why? __________________

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 Why is this research important? What relevance does this research have for society?

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 What are your thoughts about how to better this research in the future? ___________________

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 How does this topic/research relate to your own personal experience/opinion? ___________

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 How has your opinion changed since reading/learning about this research? _______________

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A few other reminders…

 Double space

 DO NOT add extra spaces between paragraphs (simply indent)

 12 pt font of Times New Roman or Arial

 Blank ink throughout

 NO paragraph or section headings!

 Cover page before paper

 Reference page after paper