Internet Information

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Writing Assignment #4: Internet Information

Introduction

With what has been learned in Assignments 1, 2, and 3, a further look at information

found on the internet is the goal of Assignment 4. A review of a TedxTalks about “myths” in

psychology will be conducted. To start, choose one myth from the different myths listed by the

presenter. The assignment will consist of an introduction, discussion of the claims about the

myth chosen, a discussion about what information is found (if any) in the textbook, and a

discussion of the key points from the scholarly journal article found about it.

Section 1: Questions or Prompts

Tedx Talks Myth

• Watch the Tedx Talks at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHhn7z6BA0w

o Summarize the myth chosen for the assignment.

King Textbook

o Describe what King (2016) presents about the topic of the myth.

o If it is not addressed directly by King (2016), identify the closest topic that the textbook

does address and describe what the textbook mentions.

Scholarly Journal Article

• Using the ECU Library’s Database for Psychology and Behavioral Science Collection

(EBSCO), find a scholarly journal article about the topic of the myth.

• Only a scholarly journal article with a research study will be accepted. No reviews of

literature.

Review of the Scholarly Journal Article.

o What is/are the research question(s) for this study? (Introduction)

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o What are the 3 most cited topics or research outcomes by the author(s) to support

researching this topic? Why were each of these sources used? (Literature Review)

o What type of study did the author(s) conduct: Experimental, quasi-experimental,

correlational, or qualitative? (Methods)

o How many participants were included in the study if study was conducted? What were

characteristics of the participants? Why did they choose participants with these

characteristics? (Methods)

o What measures were used if any? How often and when in the study were those measures

used? Were interviews or observations conducted? Was some other method used?

(Methods)

o What were the results of the study? (Results/Discussion/Conclusion)

o What limitations did the author(s) list? (Results/Discussion/Conclusion)

Critique of the Scholarly Journal Article.

o Was the sample size large enough? Was the sample representative of the population to be

measured? Why or why not?

o If a research study was conducted, how did the measures address the research question?

Were the measures used to often enough or too often in the study?

o What about this study worked? What about this study did not work?

o What could they do differently? Why would this change(s) help the study?

o Did the results from the article support, refute, or support some or refute some of the

claims identified from the Tedx Talk myth?

Section 2: Questions or Prompts

Myth or No Myth

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o After reviewing the Tedx Talk, the King textbook, and the scholarly journal article, did

the King (2016) textbook support or not support the myth?

o Did the scholarly journal article support or not support the myth?

Your Argument

• You may write in first person as this is your opinion which has been informed by your

review of the literature.

o Identify your main arguments you would make if trying to convince another person that

the myth chosen is either a myth or supported by the research found.

o Why would you make this argument?

Counter Argument

• You may write in first person as this is your opinion which has been informed by your

review of the literature.

o Considering your argument, identify what you think might be the most used counter

arguments to your argument and why?

Section 3: Instructions

In this section, you will develop a meme to communicate the most influential argument

of your three arguments. You will copy and paste that into this document in the Section 3 area.

You can use any meme template generating website. Here are two of them:

https://imgflip.com/memegenerator/27596988/Free or https://makeameme.org/. There are even

apps for Apple or Android devices. Please make sure you are using a device or computer with

antivirus software prior to engaging in this.

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Assignment 4: Conclusion/Introduction

• For the conclusion, take the main point of each of your paragraphs in the body of the

paper and develop that into a conclusion.

• For the introduction, take the conclusion and rephrase and re-order it to develop an

introduction to the paper for the reader.

• Remember that a conclusion tells you what the main points were that were just read while

an introduction notifies the reader about the main points in the written work to be read.

References:

King, L. A. (2016). Experience Psychology (3rd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Companies.

Tedx Talks. (2014, December 4). The top 10 myths of psychology [Video]. YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHhn7z6BA0w