This document outlines an assignment for a psychology class where students will write a 1-2 page summary of an empirical article from the journal Psychological Science from a specific year. Students are assigned a random year between 1990-2000 and must find an article from that year reporting original research results. The summary should describe the background, hypotheses tested, methods, results, and conclusions. Summaries are due by the final class and must include a copy of the article abstract. A table lists each student's assigned year.
This document outlines an assignment for a psychology class where students will write a 1-2 page summary of an empirical article from the journal Psychological Science from a specific year. Students are assigned a random year between 1990-2000 and must find an article from that year reporting original research results. The summary should describe the background, hypotheses tested, methods, results, and conclusions. Summaries are due by the final class and must include a copy of the article abstract. A table lists each student's assigned year.
This document outlines an assignment for a psychology class where students will write a 1-2 page summary of an empirical article from the journal Psychological Science from a specific year. Students are assigned a random year between 1990-2000 and must find an article from that year reporting original research results. The summary should describe the background, hypotheses tested, methods, results, and conclusions. Summaries are due by the final class and must include a copy of the article abstract. A table lists each student's assigned year.
Overview: This is an assignment that will replace your lowest quiz grade. It is entirely optional. You will read an empirical article from the journal Psychological Science, and write a one to two page (double spaced) summary of the article.
Step 1: Find an article.
So that people dont all write summaries of the same few articles, I have randomly assigned everyone in the class a year between 1990 and 2000. You need to find an article from the journal Psychological Science from that year. There are two ways you can do this. First, you can go to the library and find the bound hardcopies of the journal. From there you can flip through the articles and find one that interests you. Alternately, you can go online to PsychInfo (which will be demonstrated in class) and search for articles from that particular year. If you search online, please note that there are several journals with similar names. Your assignment is to find an article from Psychological Science, which is different from Psychological Science (China) and Current Directions in Psychological Science. Neither of these are appropriate. Also note that the article you review must be an empirical article. This means it must report the results of a study. Opinion pieces or review articles (articles that summarize empirical articles) are not appropriate. If you are unsure, a good way to tell if an article is an empirical one is whether or not it has a methods section. If you are unsure, bring me a copy of the article and I can tell you whether its appropriate or not.
Step 2: Write the summary
In your review, you should summarize the following information in the original article: the basic background information necessary to understand the article, the hypotheses that the article tested, the methods used to test the hypothesis, the results of the study, and the conclusions that were drawn. This should not take you more than two double spaced pages. You probably can not do a complete job in less than a single double-spaced page. Note: Articles come with an abstract, which is a brief summary of the article. Do not use the abstract in any way to write your summary.
Step 3: Turn in the summary
The due date for the summary is the beginning of our final class session (12/15). Given that this is an extra credit assignment, late papers will not be accepted. In order to be accepted, papers must be typed, double spaced. They must be a review of an article from the year which you were assigned, and they must be turned in with a copy of the abstract of the article that you reviewed. Name Assigned Year Barnicle, Erin 1992 Bialik, Jenna Mackenzie 1990 Caldwell, Mallory Faye 1998 Coonfield, Laura Elizabeth 1995 Coss, Brittany Victoria 1994 Crabill, Thomas Voss 1990 Dansie, Jennifer Alta 2000 Drover, Christopher John 1991 Frizzo, Matthew Louis 2000 Green, Michael James 1999 Grinberg, Annette Shoshana 1997 Gulish, Brittany Rose 1992 Helal, Yaser Hamdy 1994 Hinshaw, Sierra Lynn 1993 Huston, Kayla Jeanette 1999 Ingram, Eric Kenneth 1993 Ito, Takashi Brian 1997 Keane, John Alexander 1995 Kenny, William Tappan 1996 Lewis, Anthony Wayne 1996 MacNair, Julia Skinner 1991 McDowell, Naomi Elizabeth 1999 Mehl, Molly Elizabeth 1997 Misener, Robert Andrew 1993 Peter, Kathryn Louise 1998 Pierce, Sarah Elizabeth 2000 Schultz, Jamie Kay 1991 Shepler, Katie Elizabeth 1995 Skaggs, Justin Randall 1990 Smith, Jonathan Garcia 1992 Solomon, Marialicia Tricia 1994 Warren, Meghan Hetrick 1998 Zechiel, Amanda Rae 1996