Assignment 2 – Information Literacy -Journal Article Summary

Due March 7th

Should be at least 700 words – Worth 15%

For this assignment, you will need to find one legitimate scientific journal article related to psychology. Here are some examples of scientific journals:

American Psychologist

Journal of Applied Psychology

Journal of Personality & Social Psychology

Journal of Educational Psychology

Journal of Experimental Psychology

 

Typically the magazine will have the word “Journal” in its title.  Psychology Today is not a scientific journal).

 

Since the PCCC school library doesn’t have many of these Journals, you can use EBSCOHOST to get some full text articles.  If you go to the school library website (in Blackboard it is at the top of the page), then click on On-line Databases, then PsycINFO , it will narrow the search in EBSCOHOST.  (You can access these free articles from outside PCCC by using the id: pccclibrary and the password: pccc123#).  Type in a topic of interest and narrow the search to those with full text articles and are from a journal article.  Once it begins a search you can narrow it even further (for example, your methodology should be an empirical study.)  If you aren’t sure what constitutes a “scientific journal article”, just send me the link to the article ahead of time and I can check it.  This paper will be sent through Safeassign to check for plagiarism. Your safeassign percentage should be no more than 25%.

 

The article should describe a scientific study.  Read the article (I know that parts of it will be complicated) and answer the following questions in full sentences:

 

What is the title of your article and who is/are the author(s)?

At what schools/institutions are they located?

What age group(s) are they looking at?

Is this an experiment, a correlational study, or some other type of study?

Give me a one paragraph summary of what they are doing in the study (the method).

Give me a one paragraph summary of their results.

List at least one other question that this study raises. For example, what study would you want to look at next?

Lastly, reference the article using APA format (Most of the articles have an option to see the correct citation).  Here is an example of what a reference should look like:

 

Doran, N., Schweizer, C.A., & Myers, M.G. (2011).  Do expectancies for reinforcement from smoking change after smoking initiation?  Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 25, 101-107. doi:10.1037/a0015061

 

Make sure the paper is organized and the sentences flow well.