Fundamentals of Psychology:Assessing Research

Instructions

Using The Chicago School library (Links to an external site.), locate an empirical article from a recent peer reviewed journal (2014 or newer). Your chosen article should feature a study and include several elements such as one of the research methods discussed in this week’s readings, as well as participants and the study’s outcome. Particular elements should include a hypotheses, method, results, and conclusion. Once you have located an appropriate study/article, develop a 2-page paper that provides a brief introduction of the study and the question that researcher(s) attempted to address. This section should also include the hypotheses of the study.

Then describe:

• the research design used
• what the researchers discovered
• any limitations in the study
• why the researchers think their findings are important
• your critical assessment on the strengths and weaknesses of the study

Ensure to justify your responses by relating the method or findings to material you learned from this week’s readings.