Psychology and Philosophy! KELLYJACOB ONLY!

Empirical Article Review and Class Discussion

Orientation to the Study of Psychology

Spring 2016

Assignment Overview

· Find an empirical research article

· Submit a PDF copy of this article for approval.

· Write a 3-4 page formal review paper of the article and submit it to LiveText (see details below) by Sunday, 4/10 @ 10:00am

· Discuss the article and your critique of it with the class on Monday, 4/11

The Review Paper

· Your paper should include the following

· A brief overview of the study

· Hypothesis(es)

· Methods (don’t go into too much detail)

· Results – summarize the main findings (support with tables, graphs, etc.)

· A discussion of the study’s potential impact and importance of the findings

· A critical analysis of

· Methods – what did they do wrong/right?

· Interpretation – did they over-interpret their findings?

· What else needs to be done to address this research topic?

· A brief mention of another study, from any journal, that has also attempted to address this topic – tie your article together with this study (similarities, differences, which is better, etc.)

· Your paper should be 3-4 double-spaced pages in length

· MUST use proper APA-style citations throughout AND have an APA-style references page at the end

· Use proper APA formatting (title page, Times New Roman size-12 font, etc., 1” margins)

Class Discussion

· You will be responsible for sharing your article critique with the class

· No formal presentation or PowerPoint necessary

· Be prepared to answer when you’re called on!!!

Grading

· This assignment is worth 15% of your grade

· Grades will be based on

· Following the instructions of the assignment (selecting an empirical article)

· Thoughtfulness of critical analysis

· Comparison with an outside article

· Quality of class discussion

· Grammar, sentence structure, APA formatting