BC Measuring Intrinsic Motivation in Everyday Life Article Critique

Find a peer reviewed journal article at least 10 pages long from a psychological journal that investigates any area of motivation psychology that interests you.

Write a 5 page APA formatted paper including 1 Title page, 3 pages of writing (do not include an abstract; NO DIRECT QUOTES), double spaced, 1 reference page. Do not exceed 5 pages including the cover page and reference page. The reference page should only have 1 source (i.e. your chosen article).

Points Breakdown

APA Format (5 points; examples include the following)

Compliance w/ APA Book (minus the abstract)

Title and reference page

Proper headings

3 Main Headings: Introduction, Specific Findings, Closing

4 Sub-headings in the Specific Findings section (see below)

1” Margins

• Grammar and punctuation

Introduction (15 points / 1 paragraph)

• Describe the purpose of the study
• Explain the relevance of the article
• Specific Findings (60 points; 10 for Design, 10 for Results, 20 for Strengths, 20 for Limitations)
• Design:

describe the design of the article

• describe methods

describe measures/ instrumentation

• Results:
• summary of the results and conclusions
• If the paper is a discussion paper; describe the discussion

Include the main points that support the evidence

• Strengths: describe at least 2 strengths of the article
• Limitations: describe at least 2 limitations.
• Identify which type of validity is threatened (Construct, Internal, External)

Describe the limitation in terms of threats or limits to that specific type of validity (see https://conjointly.com/kb/ for more information on validity threats)

• Closing (20 points / 1 paragraph)

Summarize your review

• What was learned from the article
• Final judgment on the usefulness of the article