Full credit (5 points) for this assignment will be based on the completion and quality of responses to the following questions.
To receive extra credit, the paper must include responses to the following nine questions:
1. What was the title of the poster or talk that inspired you?
2. What was it that sparked your interest in this presentation?
3. What was the research about (what was the topic)?
4. What were the hypotheses or research questions?
5. What did the researchers do to test their hypotheses or research question? (Short summary of the research method)
6. What were the strengths or weaknesses of the research design that you saw based on what you have learned in this class?
7. What were the findings or results of the study?
8. How might these findings be useful to people in your community?
9. How did your attendance at the Scholars Fora change the way you are thinking about psychology, research, or graduate school?
Be as specific as possible when answering all of the above questions. Papers must be two pages, double-spaced. You may complete up to
TWO
papers, for a possible 5 extra credit points to be applied each to Exam I and II.