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GUIDELINES FOR BONUS

ASSIGNMENTS (see course syllabus for further information)

- choose a recent (2004-2014) psychological journal article (use an actual psychological experiment, not a review)

- write a summary of the article in your OWN words; summaries MUST be in your own words. Plagiarism is an academic offence (refer to the online UNB 2014-2015 calendar; access the calendar webpage and search the

calendar for Plagiarism).

- when writing psychology papers, typically, quoting is NOT done, if so, very seldom. If you do quote from the article, make sure that you cite the author(s) in the text of your paper.

- begin your summary with an introduction to the topic area

- when reporting on the study described in the journal article try to answer the following questions:

1. What was the purpose of the study? 2. Who were the participants (e.g. undergraduates,

children, adults etc.)? How were they recruited? How many were there? How many males? females? How old were they?

3. Describe the procedure or method. 4. Summarize the general findings and if they

confirmed / disconfirmed earlier research

- end your summary with a conclusion or at least a brief summary of what the article reported on the topic which you chose

- follow APA (American Psychological Association)

format; a helpful website: http://owl.english.purdue.edu

- the summary must be typed and double-spaced and include a title page and a reference page following APA format.

- the article MUST be attached in its entirety it will not be graded.

DUE LAST CLASS

LATE PAPERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED