Reading and understanding original research is an important skill for working in the field of psychology. Understanding research methodology and the sections of a journal article is critical for success in our field.

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ARTICLE REVIEW ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS OVERVIEW Reading and understanding original research is an important skill for working in the field of

psychology. Understanding research methodology and the sections of a journal article is critical for success in our field. This Article Review Assignment will

help you learn to objectively evaluate research, to find scholarly sources of information, and to use them as a source of knowledge. This Article… Show more

ARTICLE REVIEW ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

OVERVIEW

Reading and understanding original research is an important skill for working in the field of

psychology. Understanding research methodology and the sections of a journal article is critical

for success in our field. This Article Review Assignment will help you learn to objectively

evaluate research, to find scholarly sources of information, and to use them as a source of

knowledge. This Article Review Assignment can also help you in your professional

development.

These Article Review Assignments are to help you to remember the most important aspects of

each article. By the end, you will have three article summaries on social psychological research

that can help you both in this course and in future research and coursework.

INSTRUCTIONS

Over several modules, you will complete three Article Review Assignments that relate to the

following topics:

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Module 1: Introduction. Please choose any topic of interest that is related to Social

Psychology.

Module 3: Reducing Negative Perceptions as it relates to the topic of Stereotypes,

prejudice and discrimination

Module 6: The Need to Belong as it relates to the topic of Close relationships

In each Article Review Assignment, you will find and learn about the research that relates to

one of these topics. To find these articles, you can search google scholar, one of the library’s

psychology databases (i.e. PSYC INFO), or look in a specific journal (i.e. Journal of Applied

Psychology)-

Note: do not use the journal articles in the Learn Sections for this.

Once you have chosen an article that relates to the topic, summarize the article in at least 350

words.

Your Article Review Assignments should include the following components:

Introduction: Include general information about the article in the introduction,

including a very brief overview of the previous literature on the topic and identifying

the gap in the literature that demonstrates the need for this article.

Hypothesis Section: what the article attempts to find out or answer

Methods Section: how the article answers the question or questions it proposes

Results Section: what the article found

Practical Significance Discussion: What the results actually mean

References page: Title and authors of the article in current APA format

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